“Organ donation and transplantation is the gateway from the dying to the living.” Dr. Marwan Abouljoud isn’t just a surgeon. He’s a transplant surgeon. World renowned for his abilities in liver and split liver transplant, as well as kidney transplantation, Dr. Abouljoud knows his job is special. Click here to sign up. “As we practice

“My daughter delivered four miracles and it doesn’t stop there.” Click here to sign up. Within a matter of minutes, a headache for Wixom native April Lucas turned into unimaginable tragedy. The popular 23-year-old Central Michigan University graduate student died after suffering a brain aneurysm in late 2011. April hadn’t signed up to be an

Heart recipient “We are very lucky to have her healthy, and we are hell-bent on making sure she understands the gift she was given.” Mother Kelly McLaren One family facing an unimaginable tragedy in early 2012 made a decision that saved the life of 1-year-old Maggie McLaren. Click here to sign up. Born with just

Cornea recipient Cassandra Perry was 30 and a single mom of two when the news came: She was going blind. Click here to sign up. She had been experiencing a gradual loss of vision that she attributed to her extreme near sightedness. “I couldn’t see the details of things like blades of grass,” Cassandra said.

My husband and I were so excited to find out around new years of 2010 we were having another baby. We already had a 2yr old boy, but i really wanted a girl now; and that’s just what I got!~The most beautiful, sweetest little girl, and she was absolutly perfect. We were all settling into

I was born in 1989, and by Christmas time I was diagnosed with Biliary atresia. Bilary atresia is a rare condition in newborn infants in which the common bile duct between the liver and the small intestine is blocked or absent. I did not have much longer to lived, so I went from University of

I received the gift of life on March 16th, 2009. I had spent almost 5 years on hemo-dialysis and have been afflicted by polycystic kidney disease for sometime. During the wait I had complications and even had to have surgery for two of them. For work I am a multimedia and internet designer/developer I had

يمكن لمتبرع واحد بأعضاء وأنسجة وقرنية إنقاذ أو تحسين حياة أكثر من 50 شخصًا. مير شهيد حسين بايون

On Dec. 2, 2009 my husband, Dave, age 49 died of a massive heart attack. After his death, a coordinator from Give of Life contacted me after we left the hospital asking if I would be willing to donate any organs & tissue. I decided to donate Dave’s corneas. I know it wasn’t a life

Last year on Thanksgiving, my younger brother’s life was taken by severe complications of diabetes. Before taking him off the vent, we were told he had no brain function at all. He was 45. My mother had to make the decision to donate his organs. He donated both lungs, liver, and corneas. My mom has