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…
My 14 year old son needed a kidney transplant. We had the local newspapers, facebook and whoever we could tell that my son needed a kidney. I was taking a class the year before and one of the students (Rebecca Hickmott) I had taken the class with reached out and asked how she could be tested to be a donor. I gave her the information, not thinking much about it because the process to give…
Gerald. M. Higbee HusbandDadGrandpawSonFriendNavy CommanderNJROTC High School TeacherGardenerNotre Dame Fighting Irish FanLouisville, Kentucky NativeVietnam War VeteranKentucky Fried Chicken FanBad Fisherman Organ Donor Giver of Life
“The true measure of one’s life is not the duration, but the donation.” Give the gift of life. Consider organ and tissue donation. Tell your family your wishes. Our daughter had received two lungs; and gave two kidneys when she died at the age of 22 from Cystic Fibrosis. Her donor saved 4 people and Cora saved 2. Six years later, Nov 2015, our son, Jeb, died tragically. Influenced by Cora, he had signed his…
Brittany Kate Hoover was born on June 21, 1989. She was 32 when she and her family began our walk with Lifenet. She grew up in Virginia Beach with one little sister. She was loving, kind, and giving girl. Brittany, in 2nd grade, gave her shoes away because her friend loved them. She was an awesome soccer player in high school and assistant coach for little league. She also volunteered at the senior center in…
Stecil Benard Hopkins entered this world on October 5, 1979, in Houston, Texas and departed on May 21, 1997 – 17 ½ years which now seem like a whirl-wind stay. As a child, he would often pretend to be a super hero and was going to save the world. Almost from the beginning, he exhibited a giving attitude.At a young age, Stecil excelled in both private and public schools often making the honor roll. He…
Robert was born February 3, 1992. In September 1993 he welcomed his one and only sister. They were the closest of friends and confidants. He welcomed brothers in May 1997, May 2006 and December 2007. Robert was enrolled into preschool in 1996 and there he met his best friend, who is still his (and his sister’s) best friend to this day. They were inseparable. Robert graduated from high school in 2010, right on time! He…
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