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Below is my story that I posted to a website back in the late nineties. That was over 15 years ago. My mother has since past, but it was due to other health problems (RSV) unrelated to her Kidney, the doctors told us her Kidney was still working strong as other organs started to shutdown
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Our 36-year-old son Jon Patrick Lyons suffered massive brain trauma on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 from a motorcycle accident. He was not wearing a DOT helmet; instead, it was one commonly called a “brain catcher” because it offers little to no protection. He’d sold his DOT helmet just the week before because he’d decided not
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I didn’t know what was wrong with me when I started bleeding internally in 1988 while working in the Alaska District, Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Office. I just knew that I was exhausted most of the time. I would have trouble breathing from simply walking across the room. I had had a bad cough. It
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My name is Ruth Proeschel and I am a deputy clerk at the Pendleton Co. Justice Center. Minnalies Proeschel was my mother-in-law. She was one of the most giving individuals I had ever known. She was generous with herself and time for others. As a matter of fact, she was doing her last deed of
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My story is still going because I am still on the list waiting for a donation. I know that the donation is coming from a person who is willing to be a donor and to that person I say thank you. I am a kidney dialysis patient. I suffered from a rare kidney disease that I
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My son Eric Gray says he is not a hero, but to me he is. He didn’t run into a burning building or shield his dad from a bullet, but he did save his life. His father, Floyd has polycystic kidney disease and by 1995 his kidney function had dropped to about 20%. His kidneys
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My name is Samantha Sloan and this is my story. In 1989 my son was diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and at that time his doctor told me this was a congenital heart disease and that I myself and my husband should both be tested. I told him that my mother had just had a series
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After years of waiting, one McCreary County family finally had an answer to their prayers with an incredible gift. Paige West is a beautiful 17 year old who has suffered from cystic fibrosis since birth. The inherited disease also affects Paige’s old sister and two cousins, although to a lesser extent. She lost an aunt
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My name is John Mays, a 63 year old son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather, that can continue to be part of my loved ones lives today because of organ donation. I am from Morgan County, but now live in Oldham County. I spent over 25 years in the Jefferson County School System’s Information Technology
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Donna Vance, cousin of Whitley Co. Circuit Court Clerk Gary Barton, received her liver transplant in 2011.
