by Tracey Hulick | Apr 14, 2022 | Half Marathon, Running, Vegetarian or Vegan
In the summer of 2012, my cousin Kim posted on Facebook that a friend of hers, Ace, needed a kidney transplant from someone with type O blood and she wasn’t eligible. I knew a little about kidney disease. My Grandpa Bud was on dialysis for the last couple of years of...
by Tracey Hulick | Oct 14, 2021 | Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Other Sports, Vegetarian or Vegan, Yoga
In 2015 my Aunt shared a Facebook story of a man in my area who had taken to making signs for his car looking for a kidney donor. He got a news feature. I thought it was a sweet story & moved on. But his story kept tugging at me and I researched the donation...
by Tracey Hulick | Jul 8, 2021 | Altruistic, Cycling, Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Marathon, Other Sports, Running, Vegetarian or Vegan, Yoga
I donated my left kidney to a stranger, who’s now a friend, in December 2020 – the day after my 56th birthday. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done! I was back to completely normal in a remarkably short period of time and I’m looking forward to running my...
by Tracey Hulick | Jul 2, 2020 | Half Marathon, Marathon, Parent When Donated, Running, Transplant Chain, Vegetarian or Vegan
Hello, my name is Danny Ledesma and I donated my spare kidney through the paired-exchanged program at UC Health in Denver, Colorado on October 10, 2018. Shortly after my Grandfather’s retirement (I refer to him hereafter as “Pop”), his health began...
by Tracey Hulick | Jan 8, 2020 | Directed Donation, Other Sports, Vegetarian or Vegan
My name is Emily, and my first exposure to living organ donation was in high school. I was friends with a young man who found himself in liver failure at the age of seventeen and our pastor’s wife donated a lobe of her liver to him, saving his life. Now, fifteen years...
by Tracey Hulick | Nov 6, 2019 | Half Marathon, Parent When Donated, Running, Transplant Chain, Vegetarian or Vegan
For the bulk of my adult life, I worked hard at being inactive, however, it was really more of a will issue rather than anything else. At age 11, I became vegetarian and at age 31 vegan so overall I was a healthy eater – which is a stark contrast to being a healthy...
