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Kevin Forry
On June 15, 2022, after having had my last oncology checkup the CAT scan revealed two enlarged lymph nodes in my chest. The doctor suggested we do a biopsy just…
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Steve Beck
Hi everybody. Steve’s one month Kidneyversary is Nov 2022!!! He’s doing great!!! His appetite is back and he’s walking one mile a day. The transplant team is very happy with…
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Ashton Culey
Born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota, the youngest of three boys. I was born with biliary atresia. I developed jaundice, and was lucky to have had a doctor…
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Rod R Garcia
Several years ago, I suffered a knee injury that was never going to heal on its own. I ended up receiving an ACL from a young woman who was tragically…
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Elizabeth Sleigher
Elizabeth aka Liz, never believed in donation of organs or tissue. That changed when she was diagnosed with emphysema and was placed on the transplant list in the summer of…
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Edward Weiss
I was unaware that I had contracted hepatitis C from using heroin and sharing needles in 1969. After 9/11 happened, I tried to donate blood and was told that there…
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Christopher T Bucholz
After a two-year journey that began in 2017 when I was diagnosed with NASH cirrhosis, I received the gift of life (liver) from an anonymous donor on the early morning…
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Michele Ann Hutchinson
Michele was born with cystic fibrosis in Germany. It wasn’t until she was 16 years old and living in Arizona that she was diagnosed with the disease. In October 2007,…
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Kristina Moreno Diaz
On Sept. 9, 2003, I was blessed with the greatest gift of life. My second chance at life began when Fred Quick selflessly donated his kidney to me. I was…
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Jeffrey Isaiah Alvarado Jr
My son had three open heart surgeries before he passed in August 2006. He had two human donor valves put in that he ended up rejecting. Unfortunately, he didn’t make…
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