When I was 43 years old, I was in denial that I was a very sick person. Friends and family members were concerned for me, but I would smile and say, “I’m fine”. In reality, I had lost more than 50 lbs, and my color was not right, but I would keep on smiling. On [...]
Read moreMy wife took me to the doctors because I couldn’t quite coughing. I was too sick to realize what was even going on, but when they finally got the fluid out of my lungs, they relized it was my heart that was having trouble. It happened so fast. I had been working every day, but [...]
Read moreOn April 17th 2000, Katelynn Don Floyd of Sebree, Kentucky received a life saving liver transplant at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Katelynn (Katie) was born healthy and alert on April 1st 1999. One month later, in May, she was hospitalized with RSV (respiratory virus) and quickly recovered. During her stay in the hospital, routine [...]
Read moreJoyce Berry is a diabetic and the disease caused her kidneys to fail. On Joyce’s birthday, November 26, 2007, she was placed on the national waiting list for a life-saving kidney transplant. She also began dialysis, a medical process that does the work of kidneys that are in failure. Three days a week Joyce underwent [...]
Read moreJosh always had headaches, but the doctors never thought it was anything. He went to the doctor with a headache in Feb. 2009, and again, they did not diagnose him. Two days later, on Feb. 25, 2009, Josh had a brain aneurism. It was 10 days after his birthday, he was just 26 years old. [...]
Read moreOn November 13, 1998 I got a call that every parent NEVER expects to receive. My son, the middle of three children, our 37-year old son Jeff had succumbed to a brain aneurysm. At the hospital, my husband and I were approached by a counselor who asked if we would consider organ and tissue donation. [...]
Read more“I never even realized I was a recipient until speaking with Trust For Life and discussing a back surgery in which I received donor bone,” said Janet Hearld Brown, Muhlenberg Circuit Court Clerk. Like all Circuit Clerks in Kentucky, Janet and her staff are supportive, and vital, to raising awareness about organ donation in Kentucky. [...]
Read moreAround eight to ten years ago both my daughters informed me they had signed up to be organ donors. I wasn’t sure how I felt about this but I knew it wasn’t my choice. But what has happened over the last 4-5 years has given me a different perspective. In 2007, the doctors were treating [...]
Read moreZachary Hutchens was a giving 22 year-old man. He was a very special, thoughtful person who never met a stranger and always cared for those in need. Zac supported organ donation and shared with his family and friends that he was on the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry. He encouraged everyone he knew to sign up [...]
Read moreWhitney Emberton was a young and beautiful 15 year-old; full of life and potential. Instantly her entire future was taken away when Whitney was killed in an automobile crash caused by a drunk driver on July 4, 1998. Although she was not old enough to have a driver’s license, Whitney had expressed her interest in [...]
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