David Crosby from Kingscourt is very much a fighter as he certainly has had to be over the years.
Resilience is very much to the fore for this local man who underwent a double lung transplant in 2016.
Speaking to Northern Sound, the father of three revealed that as a result of the successful transplant surgery, he was able to complete three marathons soon after before contracting Covid-19 last August.
Life was looking great for the father of three until he contracted Covid 19 and ended up with another major fight on his hands, again for his survival.
David ended up staying in hospital for 66 days and during that time, his medical team were not sure if he would survive. He says saying 'goodbye' to his family from a hospital bed was the "most difficult" thing he has ever had to do.
Doctors at Dublin's Mater Hospital placed David in an induced coma to try stabilise his condition and he says five years on from his transplant, he had another challenge to survive and return home to his wife and kids.
According to David, the virus attacked his lungs and he was induced into a coma by medical staff and put on a ventilator for over three weeks. As a result, David now receives dialysis three times a week.
