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Not many people get to write this kind of thank you. Honestly, I am still a little shocked that I do. You’d think I would be prepared for something like this, considering I’ve had my entire life to think through the magnitude of this situation. The truth is, I forget. When I look at her,
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My father, Jerry, has battled heart disease since he was 35 years old. He had a heart attack and bypass surgery at 35. Several heart attacks and many many stents followed over the years. We learned when he was 40 yrs old that he had irreversible damage (cardiomyopathy) and would eventually require a heart
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On Friday, May 6, 2016, my husband and I were moving our 19 year old daughter home for the summer from the University of Kentucky. She had just completed her freshman year of college. We received a phone call that afternoon that changed our lives forever. We were told that our 22 year old daughter,
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I bring a unique perspective for organ donation. I not one of the lucky ones who’s family rejoiced by receiving a life-saving transplant. Nor was a family member able to save someone else’s life. My brother, Nick passed away while waiting for transplant. He was only 35 years old. We made a promise to him
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I was sitting in the PICU of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital as we sat beside my 5 month old son’s bed. We were begging God for a miracle. He had been fighting 24 hours for his life, but really he had fought since birth. Smith was born with a rare liver disease called Biliary Atresia. The
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“Organ donation saved my brother’s life twice,” says Ryan Ashcraft, the younger, more talkative brother. Bearl Ashcraft nods and describes the experience that led to his first surgery, a heart transplant in 2001. “I had no idea that I had heart problems. I had stomach pains. Stomach pains.” He shrugs and shakes his head. “It
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My younger cousin, Griffin passed away 4 years ago at 22 years of age. At the time I was working as an intern for Trust For Life and found out shortly after his passing Griffin was an organ donor. Since working for Trust For Life finding out someone was an organ donor had a different
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My husband Jason Aldridge passed away in a sudden car accident on 12/17/14. A week before christmas I had to bury my best friend and father of our 2 most precious gifts his daughters. We had to make the decision to take him off life support. He had always been an organ donor since he
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My name is Sue Melton Jenkins. I was 62 years old when I decided to try to breath and live. I was diagnosed with COPD. My lung specialist told me that all she could do for me was wash out my lungs from time to time. I was in and out of the hospital a
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