Patty Wells – Bone Marrow Donor
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Kendall Spangler – ACL tendon transplant
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Phillip Frazier – Bone Recipient
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Shirlene Henderson – Living Kidney Donor
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Ashley Heath Riggs – Tissue Donor
Ashley was a very outgoing, loving son. He was like a magnet: people were drawn to him. He...
T’neil D. Martin – Organ Donor
Our precious, and seemingly healthy daughter, T’neil D. Martin, was only 17 years old when she...
Ricky Bussell – Organ Donor
My brother was a typical boy with a huge love for baseball, riding horses, working outdoors, and...
Max Dickerson – Multi-Organ Transplant Recipient
In 2001, Thomas Maxwell “Max” Dickerson was born with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney...
Riley Baker Speck – Heart Transplant Recipient
Riley was born on October 11, 2004 in Lexington KY. He was a healthy 8lb 7oz and we were thrilled...
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Annie Johnson – Heart Transplant Recipient
Annie was admitted to Kosair Children’s Hospital on November 11, 2010 listed as status 1A for...
Kevin B. Wilson – Liver Transplant Recipient
I am a liver transplant recipient. On November 26, 2003, I received a liver transplant at...
Mary Keltner – Awaiting Kidney Transplant
Life does not always turn out as we hope and expect it to as we travel through life. Sometimes we...
Kevin Stroud – Candidate for Liver Transplant
When I was 43 years old, I was in denial that I was a very sick person. Friends and family...
Walter V Bush – Heart Transplant Recipient
My wife took me to the doctors because I couldn't quite coughing. I was too sick to realize what...
Katelynn (“Katie”) Don Floyd – Liver transplant recipient
On April 17th 2000, Katelynn Don Floyd of Sebree, Kentucky received a life saving liver transplant...
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Joyce Berry – Kidney Transplant Recipient
Joyce Berry is a diabetic and the disease caused her kidneys to fail. On Joyce’s birthday,...
Josh Deskins – Donor
Josh always had headaches, but the doctors never thought it was anything. He went to the doctor...
Jeff Ballard – Donor
On November 13, 1998 I got a call that every parent NEVER expects to receive. My son, the middle...
Janet Hearld Brown- Circuit Court Clerk –Bone Recipient
“I never even realized I was a recipient until speaking with Trust For Life and discussing a back...
Zachary Hutchens – Donor
Zachary Hutchens was a giving 22 year-old man. He was a very special, thoughtful person who never...
Whitney Emberton – Donor
Whitney Emberton was a young and beautiful 15 year-old; full of life and potential. Instantly her...
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Tim Hanner – Transplant Waiting List – Kidney
"As part of my role as Superintendent of Kenton County schoos, I am used to being a 'fixer' - a...
Stephen Elrod – Donor
For there to be life, there must be death. Stephen had faith and believed Jesus died on the cross...
Ryan Scott Wilson Wright – Donor
When I registered to be an organ donor, I never realized the impact organ donation would make on my...