by Tracey Hulick | Jul 31, 2019 | Directed Donation, Marathon, Other Sports, Running, Triathlon
Hi! My name is Janey. Currently, I’m 48 years old and it’s been 15 years since I donated my kidney to my sister, Julie. My sister was born with degenerative kidney disease, so while I knew that she would eventually need a kidney, I never really thought about it. She...
by Tracey Hulick | Jul 3, 2019 | Directed Donation, Marathon, Running
Howdy! My name is Tarsha McFarlin, I am 28 years old born, raised, and still living in Baltimore, Maryland. On July 27, 2018, I decided to be a LIVING KIDNEY DONOR for my Uncle Greg! I didn’t put much thought into it, I Googled the pros of someone receiving a...
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...
by Tracey Hulick | Oct 3, 2018 | Directed Donation, Half Marathon, Marathon, Running
We have always joked that I was my Dad’s favorite because I was the only one to have his brown eyes. As he began to face different medical concerns, the joke changed to me being the one giving him a kidney. Around the end of 2016, my family realized that these jokes...
