LIMA — A local family is raising money for a longtime Lima resident who needs $5,000 for a lung transplant. Thomas Cobb is a current candidate for a lung transplant, but he is unable to undergo the operation until he can raise enough money for medications and a six- to eight-week stay at Wexner Medical Center, in Columbus. “He needs at least $5,000 for his recuperation and special housing they have for transplant patients, plus very expensive medications that Medicare and his other insurance company will not pay for,” said Carolyn Evans Anderson, Cobb’s step-sister. Three years ago, Cobb was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and pulmonary fibrosis.