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On May 22, 2004, Preston, our 18 year-old son, was driving home from Project Graduation after being up all night, celebrating with his friends. Less than a mile from our home he fell asleep at the wheel and did not survive his accident. Preston was a young man with a zest for life. He played
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It was an ordinary Wednesday, March 27, 1996 when Neil left for work to deliver mail on his rural mail route. He was about a mile from the Gracey post office when he became very ill. He drove back to the post office and honked for help. The clerk called an ambulance and then called
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On February 26, 2012 at 7:15pm, I was at my brother’s house when I received a phone call that a small intestines was available for Ethan. My wife, Carmine, rushed home from work, and we drove as quick as we could up to Riley’s Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis. At 9:30pm, we arrived and were greeted by
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My name is DeEbra Randall and I am a two-time kidney transplant recipient. In 1978, at the age of 17, I experienced kidney failure. Doctors didn’t know what caused my kidneys to fail because I did not have kidney disease. When my kidneys were removed they had deteriorated to small, knot-looking shapes. In 1979, after
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Dan Gutenson knew that one day he would need a kidney transplant. His family had a history of polycystic kidney disease, and his mother, uncle and brother were all kidney transplant recipients. In February, 2009, while undergoing a routine physical, it was discovered that his kidneys were in failure. Two months later, Dan was placed
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Several years ago, I was diagnosed with liver disease. With four years of treatment, my liver continued to function as God had intended. Then, during a routine blood draw, my liver indicators took a drastic drop. My doctor treated me with medications, which worked for a couple of weeks, before my numbers dropped again. It
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I was on vacation through the holidays enjoying a wonderful and comfortable life with my family. As I cleaned the snow off my car to go back to work that first Monday morning in January 1999, I wasn’t feeling very good, but I had been on vacation and really needed to get back to work.
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Monroe County’s Amelia Brown is a testament to what sheer will, determination and the miracle of organ donation can accomplish. This doctoral student at the University of Kentucky wasn’t about to let illness stand in the way of her dreams. “All through high school I knew something wasn’t right but I didn’t want to
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After her second heart condition in January 2001, Nancy Watts of Fayette County couldn’t believe her ears. The heart condition and high blood pressure had put such stress on her kidneys that they were destroyed and she would need to go on dialysis in order to live. Nancy recalled that there were a group doctors
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On December 10, 2005, I was having Christmas dinner with my family. I became ill and wasn’t sure what had happened. I was sent to Hardin Memorial for testing. They diagnosed me with renal failure. It was caused from a long life of diabetes. It had damaged a lot of my body. The doctors told
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