Gift of Life Stories

Cedar was just 5 months old when her parents got the news that she had Progressive Familial...

UK HealthCare COVID-19 Complicates But Doesn't Stop Need for Life-Saving...

In November of 2018 I was advised I needed a liver transplant due to cryptogenic cirrhosis On...

When Eden Carter was born, she was very jaundiced and was misdiagnosed because of it. She went...

My little brother passed away in 2015, his death is something I will never forget. Sad but...

On September 11, 2020, the unfathomable happened. Dave, my 43-year old husband of only six years,...

My husband was the recipient of a donor liver in 2004. He was a young man with two boys ages 9 and...

My family celebrated my dad’s birthday last weekend. In most ways, it was a typical birthday...

Jeff Jones has served as Daviess County Coroner for the past 10 years. Born and raised in Daviess...

[caption id="attachment_6113" align="alignleft" width="300"] David (Center) with fellow...

I awoke at 6:15 on the morning of December 27, 2019 to discover that Winston, my middle son who...

Larry had always been sick. His daughter, Melanie, recalls being told that her dad was diagnosed...

Wyatt had a light about him that you saw the instant you met him  He had a presence about him, he...

The mission of organ donation is something very near to my heart. It is because of organ...

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My son's father past away suddenly in February 2020. His family had decided to donate his organs...

I registered as an organ donor as soon as I had the opportunity to sign the back of my drivers...

Dara prayed for a child for the longest time.  Having survived breast cancer, it was not easy for...

Ryman Ali Little was born on April 24th, 2013. We were preparing to leave the hospital and take...

Amy is a mother of 2 boys.  Her oldest boy, Zeke, was born with biliary atresia.  Life with a...

Hoby Johnson passed away on 4/6/19. Mr. Johnson’s daughter, LeShana, said she was an only child...

Holly Hall is Letcher county resident whose husband, Ralph Hall Jr, passed away on September...

My name is Jenna Small and I am living proof that organ donation saves lives. I was born...

The story of my kidney donation actually began in 1991.  My younger brother Jim had kidney failure...