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On the surface, Kendall is a typical teenager who loves sports, her friends, and has graduated with honors. She plays on the varsity tennis team at Carroll County high School, and enjoys volunteering in her community. Her story however, goes much deeper than that. Kendal was only 4 months old when she received her heart
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GLASGOW – When she was 20 weeks pregnant, Tabatha Ballard found out that something was wrong with the baby’s heart, and after a referral to Lexington, she learned he had a congenital heart defect called hyperplastic left heart syndrome. Basically, she said, it meant the left side of his heart didn’t form, so he was
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At the age of 27, I started having symptoms of a disease that went undiagnosed for three years. At Seven months pregnant with my first child, i was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary Fibrosis, a terminal disease with no treatment and no cure. After many years of attempting to carry on my very active and busy life
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I was living the dream; I had a lovely wife, three beautiful children, and a grandchild when my world was changed forever. I was working at the local Kellogg’s Plant to care for my family when I began experiencing episodes of not being able to breathe. In February 2014 after my initial doctor’s appointment for
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Donald Walker of Ezel in Morgan County, Ky., says he has two birthdays that are six months and one day apart. One is his actual birthday. His newest birthday is the date of his lung transplant – Feb. 3, 2017. Walker, who worked as a coal miner and spent 20 years in Mine Rescue in
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My chronic kidney disease had been progressing over the years. My journey began with the UK Transplant Center in July of 2013 when I went through a necessary surgical procedure to begin peritoneal kidney dialysis. This was a tough time for me as I had to make adjustments in my life style. Mine was a
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I had been a type 1 Diabetic since I was 12. I lived with Diabetes for 32 years, and I take great pride in knowing I followed all the doctors suggestions to the letter. All my organs were always great, I had no diabetic retinopathy, kidney problems, no problems with neuropathy in my legs or
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I can remember when I was very young telling my daddy that I wanted to be an organ donor. He begged me to not sign my drivers license and I promised him that I wouldn’t. Now about 20 + years later I am a living donor. My story could go back years from now because
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“WITHOUT THE ORGAN DONOR THERE IS NO STORY, NO HOPE, NO TRANSPLANT. BUT WHEN THERE IS AN ORGAN DONOR, LIFE SPRINGS FROM DEATH, SORROW TURNS TO HOPE AND A TERRIBLE LOSS BECOMES A GIFT!” There are no words to tell you what organ donation means to me. Due to organ donation, my family was given
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Samantha has always led a very active lifestyle. This love of motion encouraged her to join the ARMY as a combat medic in 2000. This work is not for the faint of heart, as it involved a lot of lifting and moving, putting added pressure on her knees and joints. She started to notice some
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