Stories of Hope

My son Dixon was 17 when he went off the back of an ATV and suffered severe head injuries. He was pronounced brain dead on…

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…

My Second Chance June 14, 2006 probably seemed like a normal day for the average person. For me, however, it was the day I was…

My brother Tim died on July 5, 2009. He had autism and in spite of the barriers in his life he managed to live in…

My husband is 32 years old. He was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease two months after his mother passed away from the illness in April…

“Dad, do you know what I want?” I walked into my older son’s bedroom the other night. It was just one of those routine checks…

Mother, Nana, loving wife, dear friend, Caring, loving, giving are just a few words that describe my Mom, Pat Golden. She was the most giving…

I am a different story: I didn’t receive a organ donation but I did receive a tissue donation. And with out it I would be…

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…

Hi! My name is Gregory Harrison and I’m so glad to have volunteered in the Transplant Tuesday donor sign up event sponsored by the Gift…

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…

Rachel was diagnosed with a cardiomyopathy at 6 weeks of age while we lived in Virginia. She was later seen at the University of Michigan…

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…

I was diagnosed at age 16 with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis and immediately thrown onto dialysis. I had no idea what to expect or what was…

One organ, tissue and cornea donor can save or enhance more than 50 lives. Mir Shahid Hossain Bayonne