Amber Granger, 23 years of age, decided on July 16, 2008 to give the ultimate gift. She gave the gift of life to her 10-year-old brother, Anthony. There was never a second thought! Amber stepped up and said, “Let’s do this.” She went through the process and was a perfect match! The transplant was “textbook,” as it was told to us, and 15 years later, they are both living their best lives! Amber will forever…
Dwight “Moose” David Griffith began his life journey on December 19, 1981 in Duncan, Oklahoma. He grew up in a small town in Southern Oklahoma called Velma and went to the elementary school there and then moved to Lubbock, TX in 1993, where he finished his schooling and graduated in 2000! During his senior year of high school he moved out on his own and kept his high school job working at Bigham’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Q….
We are praising God, with joy, for the new life that I’m experiencing as of 10/10/12. This new life came from our precious Lord thru our son, David Groneck, who is a chiropractor in Humble, Texas. When I found out my kidneys were seriously failing and I needed dialysis, David, and many others, immediately volunteered to be a donor. The other candidate’s that offered were not a match. David continued to be tested. We were…
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…