Juan Moorman (Kidney Recipient) & David Moorman (Living Kidney Donor)
Pictured from left: Juan, Micheline Whittaker (Ohio Co. Circuit Clerk), David I’ve always...
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Gift of Life Stories
Lin Pasley – Double Lung Recipient
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Marie Purdy – Heart Recipient
Marie received her heart on January 29th,...
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Tim Adams – Kidney Recipient
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Emily Cross – Kidney Recipient
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Lonnie Vansant — Liver Recipient
When Lonnie Vansant was 48 years old, he learned of a condition that would change his life...
Kenneth Blankenship – Kidney Recipient
If it were not for Organ Donation, my brother, one of my sisters and myself, most likely, would not...
Dr. Charles Shelton – Heart Recipient
I was a very active and busy full time practicing psychiatrist in excellent health for 21 years...
Andrew, Organ Donor
Andrew was an awesome young man of just eleven years – a short life was filled with love for...
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Anna, Liver Recipient
Imagine lying in bed at night, trying to scratch an itch that you can’t reach. Until a...
Natasha, Organ Donor
Natasha was a caring, loving, giving – very unselfish beautiful daughter. Always wore a smile...
Megan, Liver Recipient
Megan understands firsthand the importance of organ donor registries and the “gift of Life.” ...
Dana Bledsoe – Mom of double-lung recipient, Jessica
Lung Recipient
My daughter Jessica was diagnosed at the age of 2 months with Cystic Fibrosis. A fatal genetic...
Becky Lenz – Double Lung Recipient & Sister of Liver Recipient
My transplant experience really begins nearly 18 years ago when my oldest sister, Diane, underwent...
Bobbiejo Winfrey – Multi-organ Transplant Recipient
The illness I had made it so easy to let myself become isolated because it affected my eating,...
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Jessica Smither – Donor Wife
Being an organ donor had been discussed in our house in passing, but nothing formal had been done...
Tim Ridley – Living Kidney Donor
Below is my story that I posted to a website back in the late nineties. That was over 15 years ago....
Jon Patrick Lyons – Donor
Our 36-year-old son Jon Patrick Lyons suffered massive brain trauma on Wednesday, April 14, 2010...
Norman Sanders – Liver Recipient
I didn’t know what was wrong with me when I started bleeding internally in 1988 while working in...
Minnalies Proeschel – Cornea Donor
My name is Ruth Proeschel and I am a deputy clerk at the Pendleton Co. Justice Center. Minnalies...
Bryan Tucker – Waiting for Kidney Transplant
My story is still going because I am still on the list waiting for a donation. I know that the...
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Eric Gray – Living Kidney Donor to His Father
My son Eric Gray says he is not a hero, but to me he is. He didn't run into a burning building or...
Samantha Sloan – Heart Transplant Recipient
My name is Samantha Sloan and this is my story. In 1989 my son was diagnosed with Hypertrophic...
Paige West – Double Lung Recipient
After years of waiting, one McCreary County family finally had an answer to their prayers with an...