by Tracey Hulick | Mar 18, 2021 | Crossfit, Directed Donation, Kidney Donor Athlete, Parent When Donated, Running, Yoga
In July of 2019, a message came to a family message board. My husband’s Aunt Roma is in desperate need of a kidney and are looking for people to take the survey to see if they qualify. I logged-in that night. I knew, like deep down knew, if I started...
by Tracey Hulick | Mar 4, 2021 | Directed Donation, Kidney Donor Athlete
What’s funny about sharing my story here is that athleticism is why I chose to donate in the first place. Let me take a step back. I was randomly scrolling on Facebook about a year ago and came across a post about a boy who was my son’s age, third grade, and was super...
by Tracey Hulick | Dec 10, 2020 | Directed Donation, Kidney Donor Athlete, Other Sports, Parent When Donated, Post-Donation Pregnancy, Yoga
My name is Laura Saros. I live with my husband and three girls about 45 miles outside of Chicago and recently celebrated 7 years post-donation. I’m a homeschooling mama, special education teacher, yogi, and avid reader. The question I get asked most often when people...
by Tracey Hulick | Jun 5, 2019 | Altruistic, Other Sports, Running, Transplant Chain, Yoga
I’ve never thought of myself as an athlete. I didn’t even start hiking until my mid-20’s and if you’ve been to Colorado, you understand the blasphemy in that statement. On top of that, I lived in Boulder so I was just wasting the clean mountain air and not earning my...
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...
