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His story is our story. My husband Don began his journey into transplant when we had only been married a few short years. In 1985 Don developed glomerulonephritis and became very sick. At the time we were living our version of the American Dream; two small children, an active church life, a house, careers and
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I was 5 weeks away from graduating from college when I was told I had 5 years to live. Not the message a 52 year old wanted to here. The cardiologist said I had cardio-myopathy, and enlarged heart. Over the next 4 years I continued to get weaker and weaker as my heart became longer
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My son, Jacob Lee Gilbert, was diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy, when he was 18 months old. Through many heart breaking doctors appointments, hospital stays, and tears, Jacob stayed string and happy. Always a smile on such a precious face. After being on the heart transplant list for 16 months, Jacob was removed from the list
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When we moved to Lexington in 2012, we left behind our entire lives in Pennsylvania. We left behind friends and family. We worried that our two children would have trouble adjusting to a new home, 600 miles away from everything familiar. Just two months after our move, Ryan’s health problems began. His blood sugar became difficult
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My wife, Lucy, died on July 26, 2010 of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage caused by a subarachnoid aneurysm. She was 49 years, 2 months and 4 days old. She had graduated from Smith College and U.K. College of Law, was a member of the Bar, practiced law for a bit, but once our first child
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I was diagnosed 15 years ago with cardiomyopathy. Medication controlled it for a while. I enjoyed life. I was an instructor at the Y and taught Silver Sneakers classes. I was also a decorator and while working on Christmas décor, I began feeling really tired. They found out that only 25% of my heart was
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The air smelled like Christmas trees. The sky was that beautiful shade of blue that only happens in the fall with fluffy clouds scattered across. The sun was shining brightly, but it was crisp. It was a perfect October day in 2011. My family and I had just hiked to the top of Nevada Falls
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Jamie has always been an active guy and has played bass in a local country band since he was 15 years old. He loves Kentucky Basketball, going to the beach and music of all genres! However, on April 28, 2011 he was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Failure and was sent straight from an appointment
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2014 marks my “big 10 year anniversary”! A kidney transplant in the summer of 2004 transformed my life! No more steroids or dialysis treatments. Now in my 50’s I am leading a normal, healthy life because an anonymous donor said “yes” to the organ donor registry. My parents and three children join me in asking
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Brenda Miller is a Double Lung Recipient from Grayson County. Brenda had been working in a plastic factory for several years when she found out that she had only 8% lung function. Brenda had to wait 3 long years for her lungs, as she was too weak to be put on the organ donor list at
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