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Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Natalie!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Natalie!

by Tracey Hulick | Dec 17, 2020 | Cycling, Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Other Sports

Being a healthy, active woman in my 50s, I knew after seeing my friend’s story about needing a kidney for her daughter several times that I needed to throw my name into the hat and at least see if I was a match.  It was a long journey but I indeed was a...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jason!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jason!

by Tracey Hulick | Dec 3, 2020 | Cycling, Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Marathon, Other Sports, Running, Transplant Chain, Triathlon, Ultra

I believe there is a reason and timing for all things and, for me, being able to make a non-directed kidney donation is just one of those amazing moments. July 23, 2020 – A day that was planned for me since before I was born, I just...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Tom!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Tom!

by Tracey Hulick | Nov 19, 2020 | Aged 60 and Over, Cycling, Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Running, Transplant Chain, Ultra

Right Kidney For The Trail On a special day, 8 February 2020, I ran my first serious run since donating my left kidney on 16 October 2019 – just 16.5 weeks later.  At 73 years old, a half marathon trail run (my first trail run) on one...
Update from Kidney Donor Athlete, Mark!

Update from Kidney Donor Athlete, Mark!

by Tracey Hulick | Nov 5, 2020 | Cycling, Mark S's Story, Other Sports, Transplant Chain

Read Part One of Mark’s Story here! I returned home from my surgery after one night in the hospital. With my surgery scheduled at 6:30 in the morning, I had a complete day to start my recovery. By 5pm on the day of surgery, the staff had me up and walking with...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jessica!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jessica!

by Tracey Hulick | Oct 15, 2020 | Cycling, Directed Donation, Kidney Donor Athlete, Other Sports, Running

My name is Jessica and I am a roller derby player also working on long distance running and I donated a kidney to my partner, Jon, in December 2019 during my university winter break. I hadn’t planned to spend my winter holidays in the hospital, I was originally...
Meet Soon to Be Kidney Donor Athlete, Mark!

Meet Soon to Be Kidney Donor Athlete, Mark!

by Tracey Hulick | Sep 29, 2020 | Cycling, Mark S's Story, Other Sports, Transplant Chain

I had never thought about organ donation. Like some people, I knew of a close family member that had donated, in my case a Sister-In-Law that gave a kidney to a high school classmate years after they had graduated. That was about 10 years ago and I do remember that...
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