Waiting to Live
Sherry Johnson's Story
Sherry Johnson learned this summer that she needs another transplant to live. The 52-year-old wife and mom is generously sharing the daily blog she’s composing from her room at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, where her transplant team is caring for her while she waits. It is equal parts inspirational, funny and heartbreakingly real. A corner room on the 7th floor has been Sherry’s home since August 8. She will remain there until she receives a generous organ donor’s gift.
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Many people don't think about organ and tissue donation until it directly affects their lives. When the topic comes up, many realize they have lingering questions about donation. We are here to answer those questions and correct the many misconceptions about donation.
The life of every Michigan patient waiting for an organ transplant depends upon people making educated, compassionate decisions about being an organ, tissue and eye donor.
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