by Tracey Hulick | May 1, 2024 | Crossfit, Directed Donation, Weight Lifting
My name is Mike Ramsey. I am 51 yrs old from the great state of Wisconsin, and I donated my left kidney on September 13,2023. I had the honor of giving the gift of a better life to my wife. She had PKD which progressed to kind failure in 2020, at that point she...
by Tracey Hulick | Feb 7, 2024 | Crossfit, Weight Lifting
My name is Molly Von Lindern and I’m 29 years old. On February 23rd, 2023, I donated my left kidney to my mom. It was a laparoscopic robotic surgery done by the amazing transplant team at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. This...
by Tracey Hulick | Sep 20, 2023 | Altruistic, Crossfit, Uncategorized
On May 5, 2019, my only child died in a tragic accident at home. At 14 years old, he wasecstatic that he had grown slightly taller than his dad and was close to finishing eighth grade.After all, he had plans. Just a week prior, he had asked if we could go to the lake...
by Tracey Hulick | Sep 30, 2021 | Crossfit, Kidney Donor Athlete, Marathon, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Transplant Chain
If you are considering donating your kidney, I hope my story encourages you! Before I get into my experience as an athlete donating my kidney, I think it is important to share my “why.” I donated my left kidney to a stranger when I...
by Tracey Hulick | Apr 8, 2021 | Altruistic, Crossfit, IronMan, Kidney Donor Athlete, Marathon, Transplant Chain, Triathlon
Since I was a teenager, I always felt I was destined for some higher purpose. Something bigger than me. Selfless and worthwhile on a big scale. It took forty years but in February of 2019, I finally discovered what...
