by Tracey Hulick | Feb 12, 2020 | Directed Donation, Other Sports, Triathlon
My name is Karen, and I donated my kidney to a friend in October of 2018. My story is a little different than most of the ones you read here, because I experienced a very rare complication that took a lot of time and suffering to fix. I think it’s a valuable story to...
by Tracey Hulick | Feb 5, 2020 | Cycling, Half Marathon, Parent When Donated, Running
What brings me here are the three most important things I’ve done in my life: I married Amy, a sweet, honest, curious, clever and adorable woman, who has lived with type 1 diabetes for a long time. We adopted Holly, the funniest human being I have ever known when she...
by Tracey Hulick | Jan 15, 2020 | Aged 25 and Younger, Crossfit, Other Sports, Transplant Chain
My name is Shayna, and I’m a powerlifter turned 1-kidneyed CrossFitter! My journey to donation started when my 24-year old brother-in-law became sick several winters prior. After a month of testing and hospitalizations, he was put on dialysis and added to the...
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 | Dec 18, 2019 | Directed Donation, Other Sports
I was so excited to get that call… I remember when I called my mother who was in Florida (where she lives), telling her that I agreed to move forward… her words to me “Are you sure”… I couldn’t have been any more certain of that. When you see someone go through...
