Stories of hope
Each person touched by organ donation and transplant has a unique story.
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Erin: from medical student to heart transplant recipient
“I cannot say enough to express my gratitude for my donor and her family.”
George: 48 years with a kidney transplant
“Enjoy your life: you don’t often get a second chance.”
Cameron: saving my mother’s life
“Helping people, especially the people I love, is the thing that makes me happiest.”
Jaclyn Smith: I woke up in another world
There’s so much more to my story and I’d love to one day try to bring awareness to ICU delirium and how serious it can be.
Wes Hawkins: A second chance at life with PRIDE
Without my transplant and donor, I wouldn’t be here to write this, and I would have died living a lie. This month will be the first Pride Month I get to openly celebrate and enjoy.
Jayde Kelly: A renewed heart
I would not be alive today if it weren’t for the selfless act of another human making the decision to donate organs.
Rita Woodward: Gratitude angel
Each day, I think about my angel donor and family. I am alive because they made a decision in their time of unbearable grief.
Bob Scozzafava: Celebrating my first liver-transplant anniversary
My goal is to share my story with others to get more people to register as donors and also help boost the morale of those on the waiting list for transplant.
Joey Moughan: A soldier’s story
A pre-deployment workup with my platoon was when I first learned I had kidney function issues.
Leah Howell: A challenging gift
What you don’t hear about as frequently are the challenges that come as a recipient – and for me, I struggle with survivor’s guilt.
Monica Hall: Grace recipient
I named my kidney Grace because, God was the only one who could heal me and his love for me made me think of Grace.
Nicole Nidea: Lifelong organ donation advocate
I’m a life-long organ donation advocate because of stories I heard at a college SODA event.
Bex Hall: The letter I wrote to a stranger
A little over a year after my transplant, I felt like I finally had something more than the words “thank you” to convey, so I wrote and mailed the donor’s family a letter with my condolences and gratitude.
Dr. Jonas Willie Gadson: “A bonus from Jonas”
Dr. Gadson made an intentional decision to go public with his kidney story because he wanted to help other people who have kidney disease and other debilitating illnesses.
Donnie Field Senior: My story
From where I felt months ago to how I feel today is a 100% turn around.
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