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Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jennifer!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Jennifer!

by Tracey Hulick | May 11, 2022 | Directed Donation, Other Sports

I first learned of my father’s kidney disease back in 2012. He was pretty casual about it and just said they would monitor his kidneys. As the years progressed his kidney maintained the same until around 2018 when he started noticing more of a decline and the...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Kathleen!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Kathleen!

by Tracey Hulick | May 5, 2022 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Yoga

I have often thought kidney donation would be a way I could help in my community. However, I never really thought it through, and when the realization hit that donating involved major surgery, I became aware that I happen to have a deep-seated, unexplainable,...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Whitney!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Whitney!

by Tracey Hulick | Apr 28, 2022 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Post-Donation Pregnancy, Running

In June of 2015, at the age of 33 and with two young girls (four and two), I donated my left kidney to my childhood friend, Lauren.   Our parents met when we were babies and our families have been close ever since.  Lauren received her first donated kidney...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Courtney!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Courtney!

by Tracey Hulick | Apr 21, 2022 | Cycling, Other Sports, Running, Triathlon

I know many people can say that running changed their lives, but it changed mine in ways one would never imagine! If I hadn’t taken up running back in 2013, I would never have met Tracy. And if I hadn’t met Tracy, it is not likely that I would be a living kidney donor...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Emily!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Emily!

by Tracey Hulick | Apr 7, 2022 | Half Marathon, Kidney Donor Athlete, Other Sports, Running, Transplant Chain

I know probably better than the average person what a need there is for kidney transplants because I have been a dialysis nurse for 12 years. After I had a patient die while waiting over 4 years for a transplant, I started to think a little more about being a donor...
Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Holly!

Meet Kidney Donor Athlete, Holly!

by Tracey Hulick | Mar 24, 2022 | Marathon, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Running

My name is Holly Armstrong, and this is my donation story for Kidney Donor Athletes. It’s funny because I wouldn’t have always considered myself an ‘athlete’. I was a chubby, sedentary middle schooler who occasionally played softball or street hockey with my...
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