COVID with pneumonia was the final straw (so to speak) for my lungs. My insurance doesn't cover the Mayo Clinic, so I had it at Mount Sinai (one of the only two hospitals that my insurance does cover for any transplants). I had made the decision to try Mount Sinai due to the reputation of the transplant pulmonologist. Also, I am not sure if the Mayo Clinic has the same requirement that you have to be within 2 hours to be on the list for Lung transplant, which there are none within my area. I hope no one minds that my hospital doesn't have a group for transplants yet (expected to start in January) and I found this one for the Mayo Clinic, which I have found to be very helpful and learned so much from.