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My story begins during infancy, in 1964. I was born with a condition called ABO incompatibility, which required an exchange transfusion. During the course of this treatment I was exposed to the Hep C virus and developed jaundice, which went away after a few days. I never knew I had the virus, as it wasn’t
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My name is Courtney Thompson, I am 23 years old, and I am currently on the waiting list for a Double Lung Transplant. I have lived in Murray my whole life. I attended Calloway County High School and Murray State University to which I graduated with an Associate Degree in Business Administration. Living in a small
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THE MIRACLE OF RECEIVING A LUNG TRANSPLANT In 2012 I was diagnosed with IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis). As the months went on, my health declined and I was on oxygen 24/7, not able to leave the house and missing important activities of my grandchildren. Then came a MIRACLE – 11/21/2015 – a single lung became
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In Feb. of 2003 I was diagnosed with severe cardiomyopathy & an ICD was implanted. I did improve until had a heart attack in Jan. of 2014. At that time a stint was placed. In June of 2015 I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure & was in & out of hospitals 8 times for
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On May 29th, 2017 my nephew was involved in a horrible accident. A camper trailer came loose from the truck pulling it and struck the vehicle that my 2 nephews were in. It killed their papaw instantly and my youngest nephew (6 months old) was pronounced brain dead 3 days later. He was able to
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My sister, Cassie lost her life unexpectedly at the young age of 24, in February of 2015. I never imagined I would have to make so many drastic decisions surrounding the death of my baby sister. I chose organ donation for her because I knew her heart better than anyone, and I was confident it
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My name is Rachel and I am from Laurel, MS. When I was 13 months old I was diagnosed with crescentic glomerulonephritis. At the time (and possibly still), I was the youngest person ever diagnosed with that disease. To this day, doctors still do a double take when they read my chart. I was on
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My name is Laura Bowling. In 2010, at age 46, I was told I have congestive heart failure. A year later I had surgery for a defibrillator. After 5 years of being on medication I started having symptoms again. I went to Jewish hospital ER. I ended up staying for 2 weeks. It was at
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Wilson is special. Wilson is special because he doesn’t think he is special. Wilson is special because God sent him into this world bearing an unbelievably heavy cross. Wilson was born with Biliary Atresia a disease that could only be fixed by a liver transplant. God also sent Wilson suffering and pain, the kind that
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I was getting a little worried. I was spending more time in the hospital than out. I had been on the transplant list for 3 years. Three years of not knowing if I was going to live or die. I made out my will and arranged my funeral with the help of my sister. I
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