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Stories of hope
#LivingItForward
Katie, my hero
She was beautiful inside an out, smart, funny, sensitive, amazing with kids and animals, generous and always stood up for those who were bullied.
The Cullen family: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
The Cullen family talk about how living donation saved their daughter’s life.
Margo Gill: Celebrating National Donate Life Month
Dr. Margo Gill honors her son Logan and stresses the importance of blood donation during this critical time.
Jimmy Potter: Daughter lives normal life again
My daughter Sirii experienced pre-eclampsia with both of her pregnancies. Her one functional kidney she was born with dropped to less than 10% function after the second birth.
Omar Garriott: Liver recipient
We have deep gratitude for everyone who played a key role in the story of my second shot at life—for Kristofer, for the surgeons and nurses, and for UNOS.
Nadia Guerra: Running out of time
Shannon was dying. She was only a kid in high school and she was dying.
Maureen Jaret: The heart of giving
Little did I know at the time, but these seemingly benign things would become my entire life! Organ Donation was about to ROCK my world!
Bethany Goralski: Solitary kidney siblings
We had witnessed the miracle of organ donation, so we decided to honor our Dad by donating our kidneys anonymously.
Mary Wu: Confessions of a kidney transplant recipient
Not a day goes by that I do not think about my organ donors and their families.
Juniper, heart recipient
March 7 is Juniper’s birthday, but her family celebrates September 17 because that is her Heart Anniversary.
Jodi, non-directed kidney donor
Jodi donated her kidney in 2013 as part of a kidney paired exchange
Sydney, organ donor
8-year-old Sydney Elizabeth received her angel wings on June 21, 2017