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Bridgett is a very active member of the Grayson County community. She is a therapist, and Clinic Manager at the Leitchfield Communicare Clinic, and participates in many walks/ bicycle rides for charity. Seven years ago Bridgett selflessly donated one of her kidneys to her father who was suffering from diabetes. Bridgett has an extreme fear of
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Logan was born with a partial deletion of chromosome # 7. At age three he had to have one of his kidneys removed due to unforeseen complications as a result of his condition. In 2007 Logan’s mother, Penny (pictured on left) was able to give him his first kidney. For a long while this kidney
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Mike Torrence (left) and Mike White (right) have known of each other from a distance for several years through their mutual involvement in the Western Kentucky Car Club. However, prior to this gift, they had never hung out or interacted much past the acquaintance level. Mike White had been diagnosed with a kidney disease which forced
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The last week of June I was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. This came as a shock since I had never been a drinker or used drugs. I was told I might need a transplant and an appointment was set for the 13th of July to find out. On June 27th, however, I received
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As the mother of a child who is in renal failure, my heart aches that we may not be able to find her a donor. Chelsea is waiting on her second kidney transplant. I am forever grateful for the donation she received in July 2011, someone lost their daughter, and unselfishly gave the chance at
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On Sunday, December 12, 2004, my mom received THE phone call from University Hospital, “Your son has been in an altercation. You need to get here as soon as possible!” They wouldn’t give us details over the phone, but we knew it was serious. My brother had called Mom back in the summer after renewing
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63 year old Mike Hamm, will tell you that he has been blessed beyond adequate words. After a two year aggravating cough with decreased stamina and energy, a Pulmonologist in London KY diagnosed Mike with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in March 2013. Follow-up continued at Vanderbilt in Nashville TN. Although still able to work and use
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Two Souls, one healthy heart. A fragile twin girl’s life completely dependent upon a team of doctors and a gracious gift from an unknown blessing: a gift that would ensure a second chance at a life that was just beginning. After Alex and Lexi Back were born, doctors discovered one of the twin’s hearts was
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“On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, I was told that my heart function was continuing to drop. I have had 12 heart attacks, two of those being the widow maker, along with 2 ablations, triple by-pass in January of 2013, where I coded several times and was in a coma. As you can see in
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Megan was just 11 years old when she developed excessive bruising, fatigue, and nosebleeds. She played competitive soccer and pushed herself through these symptoms. As doctors tried to determine the cause through extensive blood work and testing, they were stumped. In addition to her health problems, she was dealing with stress as a new 6th
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