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...
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Paige West – Double Lung Recipient
After years of waiting, one McCreary County family finally had an answer to their prayers with an...
John Mays – Lung Recipient
My name is John Mays, a 63 year old son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather, that can...
Donna Vance – Liver Recipient
Donna Vance, cousin of Whitley Co. Circuit Court Clerk Gary Barton, received her liver transplant...
Linda Cox – Lung Recipient
"I had a rare lung disease called P.P.H. I was on the waiting list for 21 months. I had my...
Jessica Owen – Liver & Kidney Recipient
My daughter, Jessica, was born with Biliary Atresia, a liver disease that affects 1 in 20,000...
DeWayne Rapier – Donor
DeWayne Rapier was a Hancock County Graduate. He had two children, Josh & Leah. He died at...
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Herb Devary – Liver Recipient
I was diagnosed with Chronic liver failure in 1998. I was back and forth to the doctors and...
Eleanor – Heart Recipient & Kosair Kid
(PHOTO BY BETHANY BILLICK) Eleanor Westenhofer, happy and healthy after a life-saving heart...
Anna – Waiting on Liver Transplant
**UPDATE** Anna received her transplant in May 2012. She is DOING...
Carissa Foushee – Organ Donor
Carissa was the second of our 4 beautiful...
Sue Doughty – Liver Recipient
I was diagnosed with liver disease in 1984 after a routine physical. My internist referred me to a...
Mike Saylor, Kidney Recipient and Tim Clark, Living Kidney Donor
My husband, Mike Saylor and Tim Clark first meet at Trinity High School freshman football practice...
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Pattie Corder – 2-time Living Donor
BLESSINGS X 2 The turn of the century was also a turning point in my life. My mother had developed...
Jason Lee Bruce – Organ Donor
Jason loved his daughter, Kentucky basketball and St. Louis Cardinal baseball. He was always...
Shelia Gold – Living Donor
In April 2006, my sister was diagnosed with Her-2 breast cancer. After a double mastectomy,...
Sallie Bell Wilson – Kidney/Pancreas Recipient; Donor Mom & Donor Daughter
My first experience with donation was when I was 6 years old. I remember my mother saying that...
Dr. Phil Aaron – Kidney Recipient
Organ donation, take it from me, truly is the gift of life. Our kidneys act as sieves in our body;...
Carol Joiner – Kidney Transplant Waiting List
**UPDATE on Ms. Joiner: "I have a wonderful new story. As of January 27, 2013 I became the...
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Esther Ford – Liver recipient
It was a year in October 2011 since I had my liver transplant. I had my year's checkup and am...
Johnnie Quillen – Liver Recipient
In the Fall of 2004, I began to get sick every month and then, more often, to where I would get...
Kyle Jackey – Donor
Our 39 year old son, Kyle, died on March 30, 2011. He died at home, peacefully in his...