by Kim Leugers, Bud’s Mom (Donor Family)
Roger Lee (Bud) Leugers, II 4/16/84- 9/26/02
Bud was in a bad accident September 25, 2002. He was unconscious when they arrived at the scene. They had to put him on life support and life flighted him to St. Rita’s Trauma Center. Read More »
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by Carol Fitzsimons (Kidney Recipient)
by Fartun (Kidney Recipient)
When I moved from East Africa to the United States in the fall of 1997 as a refugee I was hoping for a better life. It was a difficult transition, coming to Ohio, getting acclimated to the American lifestyle, and returning to school after many years.
A few years later, in 2001, at the age of 20, I started feeling ill. Before I was diagnosed with kidney disease, I had never heard of it. Read More »
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by Alicia Shavers (Neice of a Heart Candidate)
I have a 28-year-old aunt in Ohio who had a childhood illness that caused her heart to age much quicker than it should. They did not realize the damage that the illness had caused until later in her life. Right now her heart is like that of a 90-year-old woman. Read More »
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by Carl Cook (Kidney Transplant Recipient)
Hello, my name is Carl Cook, I’m 53 years old and I live in Wintersville, Ohio. I want to tell you a brief story of my transplant experience. Read More »
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by Ryan Zinn (Heart Recipient)
In 1988, my life was forever changed when a doctor told me I needed an organ transplant. I had been an extremely healthy boy for 14 years, but it all changed one year as my body began to fail. Somehow, a virus had damaged my heart, and it had become so weak that I could no longer function. Read More »
Leave a Comment »by Dominic Pizzurro (liver recipient)
As a 2009 district qualifier in the Ohio wrestling championship, 17-year-old Dominic Pizzurro defies all odds. At death’s door in 2005, he’s living proof that organ transplants work. Read More »
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by Mary Foy (Heart Recipient)
I am taking all my organs with me when I die.
That’s what I once thought, but I have a whole new perspective now. Read More »
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by Trent Tipple (Kidney Recipient)
As a senior in high school I learned I had kidney disease that would eventually necessitate a transplant. The next fall I headed for college to prepare for a career in medicine. In the middle of my sophomore year I completely lost kidney function and started dialysis. Read More »
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Viviendo Mi Sueño
By Bernardo Añor, beneficiario de tejido (read in English) Creciendo en Venezuela, jugué futbol toda mi vida. En ningún momento imagine que mi sueño de jugar futbol profesionalmente podía no volverse realidad.
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