Jeremy

Las historias reales de donantes de órganos están en cada rincón de nuestra comunidad. Cada día se siente como un regalo para Jeremy, de Pueblo, Colorado. Después de ser incluido en la lista de espera para un trasplante de hígado en febrero de 2018, Jeremy se encontró esperando ese regalo que le salvaba la vida […]

Cody

Cuando dices “Sí” a convertirte en donante de órganos y tejidos, no solo estás marcando una casilla. Estás creando un puente de esperanza de una vida a otra. Cody, de Pueblo, Colorado, es una de las muchas historias de receptores de donantes en nuestra comunidad. En 2023, Cody se sintió como un “pilar” en ese […]

Vienna

Vienna, una niña de diez años, es alegre y extrovertida. Tiene una chispa especial, probablemente porque es una sobreviviente. Cuando era bebé, sus padres recibieron la noticia de que sufría de una rara enfermedad hepática en la que sus conductos biliares no se formaron correctamente, y que necesitaría un trasplante de hígado para sobrevivir. De […]

Jeff

Jeff considers organ donors and their families heroes. “They allow us to thrive in all of our roles in life, instead of just survive,” he said. Jeff knows this to be true because he has received two kidneys in his life – one from a 23-year-old man who died in a car accident, and the […]

Linda

Linda is one lucky grandma because she gets to care for her two grandsons on a regular basis – grandsons she never would have met had it not been for a successful liver transplant in 2011. She certainly never expected her life to take the turn it did in December of 2010 when her eyes […]

Kelsi

Kelsi was 23 when doctors diagnosed her with adult idiopathic scoliosis and told her she’d eventually lose the ability to walk.  Surgery was her only chance to lead a normal life and a tissue donor was her best chance at a successful surgery. Her pain was already debilitating, but with a curve that was increasing […]

Anita

Anita Smith was born in Northwest Denver.  Rare complications from a cancer diagnosis and lifesaving treatment led to kidney failure in 2003.  After a decade of chronic illness, and enormous support from her family and the Denver medical community, she received her transplant in 2013.    My story begins with a circle of brilliant, compassionate, […]

Gabriel

As told by Gabriel’s mother Lisa Pregnant with our first child, I learned that my unborn son would be born with a heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and would need a heart transplant immediately following his birth in order to survive. Not knowing what this meant, I struggled to make sense of all […]