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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
