Anthony Paul Groneman: a son, a brother and a friend of many; he could enter a room and brighten everyone’s day with his smile. He was a 6 ft. tall sophomore in high school who would rather read a good science fiction book or play video games with his two brothers (one older and one younger) and his little sister, than play basketball. Anthony was God’s server at church. We would attend Saturday evening Mass…
Loren Amber Gutierrez was born on 12/24/87 and passed away on 1/3/11. Her vehicle accident occurred on 12/18/10 and spent her Birthday, Christmas and New Years in a coma. She almost came out of it once. Her childhood was spent with a lot of love. She was born happy and smiling all the time and complained only a handful of times, mostly when she was hungry (joke). I nicknamed Loren the “bottomless pit”. She went…
My name is Sara Guzman, Living Kidney Donor to my husband. Organ Donation has touched my life in so ways, starting off with my husband, Julian, being diagnosed with Liver Failure in 2005, and was on the waiting list 16 months, When he received the call that they had a liver for him. He received his Liver Transplant On 02/20/07, and done great, was able to go back to work, do the normal everyday things…
During her participation in Americas Junior Miss Scholarship Program in July 2005, when asked to name the hypothetical Broadway play about her life, she proudly proclaimed Life is Short and So Am I. She explained that she had always tried to live life to its fullest while being true to the values she had been taught. A scholarship is given each year in Mandys memory to a college bound student at the high school she…
Ben’s story began on 29th September 1982 and came to a sad end on 18th May 1993 when he passed away due to surgical complications. However that day, which remains with Elayne and I forever, is when we commenced our journey as donor parents. It commenced when the Registrar caring for Ben, first stated that he felt his battle to save Ben’s life had been lost. 18 hours earlier he had suffered surgical complications when…
Cody was 23 years old when he passed, but he had signed up to be an organ donor at 17 after losing his cousin, who was also a donor. Cody had a very loving heart and his heart and kidney went to the most wonderful man who has a loving heart also, Ray Charles Anderson. Ray was 59 at the time and had been on the LVAD machine for 3 years, he was told days…
Austin was a young man who LIVED his life to the absolute fullest! From the time he was a small child, he was curious and loved to learn to do things. Anything that had wheels or a motor caught his attention. He learned at an early age to set goals and work hard to achieve his dreams. He valued ethics, morals, and happiness of friends & family. Austin was born and raised in Loveland CO…
How can you tell your donor thank you for being an angel? Saying “thank you” just doesn’t seem to do justice compared to giving a kidney. My son Adam was on dialysis for eight years when he received his gift of life from his donor Brett. Adam was on the waiting the list for many years prior to his transplant. When Brett heard Adam’s story from a family member he made it his mission to…
My son Shane A. Hawk was born on September 9, 1991 and died on May 22, 2010 in a tragic car accident, He was 18 years old. The night of his accident Shane and his girlfriend Keyona where coming home from a friends house, when the car in front of him suddenly stopped and make a sharp right turn into a parking lot. Shane swerved left to miss the car and over corrected causing him…
Roy’s Poem: Even as a toddler, Roy was full of life, running and playing, without any strife. Energy all day, he lived without care, from where did it come, maybe that red hair? He took a liking to ball, to run around bases, he put a big smile, on everyones faces. A swing and a hit, which ball was long gone, and his love for that game, his love carried on. Its time to grow…