by Tracey Hulick | Feb 13, 2019 | Directed Donation, Marathon, Running, Triathlon, Ultra
A Canadian marathoner and a Texan cowboy walk into a bar. Nope. There’s nowhere easy to start this story, so let’s just start at the beginning. Some of my favourite early memories are running on a sun-dappled trail in Northern Ontario, dodging roots and rocks, little...
by Tracey Hulick | Jan 23, 2019 | Altruistic, Bobby's Story, Half Marathon, Marathon, Other Sports, Running
(This is Bobby’s third installment here on Kidney Donor Athletes. If you haven’t read the first two, click here!) Game time! Seems like I was on the bench forever. It seemed an eternity before it was going to be my turn to get called into the game. The...
by Tracey Hulick | Jan 16, 2019 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Running, Triathlon
A little over two years ago I stumbled across a post on social media about a local man who was searching for a kidney. He was my blood type, about a decade younger (30 years old) and had been on dialysis for five years. He was also a former cross-country runner and...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 26, 2018 | Altruistic, Bobby's Story, Half Marathon, Marathon, Other Sports, Running
Are we there yet? Are we there yet? That question we asked as kids or heard as parents. Over and over and over. Well, as my non-directed donor day of January 2, 2019, rapidly approaches, I’m intentionally slowing down to reflect on this and stay in the moment...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 12, 2018 | Cycling, Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Running, Triathlon
I donated a kidney on Sept 11, 2018, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. My recipient was an acquaintance that lives in Baltimore with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), a hereditary condition. Her only sibling and only daughter also inherited PKD so need donors as...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 5, 2018 | Aged 60 and Over, Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Running, Ultra
I’m a feisty 63 year- old, and I adore my four adult children and three young grandchildren. I also teach high school in Baltimore, Md. Many years ago, when I was a substitute teacher, I taught a young boy who had some medical issues. At the time I didn’t...
