By Ron Packard, Jr., liver transplant recipient

On July 31, 1993 my wife and I exchanged wedding vows and began our life together, a life in which we wanted to have children, to own a home and to live happily ever after. However, soon after our marriage my health began to deteriorate, and all those dreams were put on hold. Read More »

By admin on 5/25/10, In Organ & Tissue Recipients, Personal Stories, Staff and Board Connections, Tags liver recipient, Primary Schlerosing Cholangitis, Ron Packard

By Ronni (Spratt) Richards

In 1992, Jim and I danced at our wedding celebration to our chosen song, “Hot Diggity Dog Ziggity Boom What You Do To Me.” As we waltzed our way into a life together, we couldn’t have comprehended that we would have only three short years to celebrate our love as Mr. And Mrs. Jim Spratt. Jim would die of heart disease May 7, 1995 while awaiting a heart transplant.

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By admin on 3/12/10, In Died Waiting, Our Connections, Personal Stories, Tags died waiting, heart transplant, Jim Spratt, Ronni Richards

By Jim Wirth, liver recipient and Lifeline of Ohio Governing Board Member

A motorcycle accident in 1977 and the necessary transfusions had affected me but did not became apparent how much so until 13 years later. I began to experience severe internal bleeding and was treated until 1996 when my regular physician said my blood work indicated “some day” had come. Read More »

By admin on 2/15/10, In Organ & Tissue Recipients, Our Connections, Personal Stories

By Willis Marriner, tissue recipient 

I was excited when my three-year-old son, Alec, started riding a bike in April 2003.  We rode regularly for a couple weeks and enjoyed goofing around together.  I was trying to be a stuntman for him and while attempting a wheelie I felt a sharp pain in my neck.  I didn’t think much of the injury at the time. Read More »

By admin on 1/15/10, In Organ & Tissue Recipients, Our Connections, Personal Stories