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...
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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...
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Katelynn (“Katie”) Don Floyd – Liver transplant recipient
On April 17th 2000, Katelynn Don Floyd of Sebree, Kentucky received a life saving liver transplant...
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...
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Whitney Emberton – Donor
Whitney Emberton was a young and beautiful 15 year-old; full of life and potential. Instantly her...
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...
Paul Hickey – Donor
We lost our son, Paul, in a horrible car crash when he was only 26 years-old. I thought I could...
Monette Keathley Belcher – Left Lung Recipient
"In 2000, I began having respiratory issues including emphysema and COPD. I was hospitalized...
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Melissa “Missy” Dawn Fields – Donor
To the medical staff, she was Melissa. To us, she is Missy. She had a beautiful smile,...
Mark Maloney – Living Kidney Donor
A favorite quote of mine comes from Ann Lopez, wife of comedian George Lopez: “Nobody should...
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Every person touched by donation and transplantation has a story to tell ~ a story of hope, of...
Levi Goff – Multi-Organ Transplant Recipient
Born 7-1-07 Transplant date: 3-7-08 Organs received: Small bowel, liver, and pancreas Although he...
Virginia Gray – Living Donor – Bone Marrow
In January of 2008, I received a phone call from the National Marrow Donor Program that I had been...
Terrie J. Carr – Heart Transplant Recipient
Somewhere a 37-year-old woman lies in a hospital bed, her faith diminishing as quickly as her...
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Steve Campbell – Kidney (living donor) Transplant Recipient
October 2003, I was told I must be put on a list for a kidney transplant, and until they found a...
Shay Christopher Fanase, Jr. – Donor
You have hopes and dreams for your children. They are supposed to grow up, live wonderful lives,...
Scott Umbarger – Heart and Liver Recipient
In February 2002, while walking across the street to go to work, I almost passed out. I went to...