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1st Amendment
1st Amendment ~ Please note that this is a personal journalist effort by a heart transplant patient. Any reference to volunteering, other patients, medical practioners, family members, physical places or locations will be based on composites of of real and fictional people and may be antedotal in nature.
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Tag Archives: Organ Transplants
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Posted in Heart Transplant
Tagged DonateLife, Donor, Giving Thanks, Heart Transplant, Organ Transplants
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Honoring a Legacy
If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased. ~ Maya Angelou ———————————————— Without God, Benny Keith Ward, Lifebanc, friends, family and an amazing team of Doctors, nurses and caregivers @ … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Donor, God, Heart Transplant, Legacy, Life, LifeBanc, Love, Organ Donor, Organ Transplants, Tears
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Donor Sabbath
“I can never forget someone who gave me so much to remember forever. Each heart beat is filled with gratitude and love! Each day is a day of remembering that very special person that saved my life and ALL of … Continue reading
Eight Times
By registering as an organ donor …… you can be a HERO, eight times!
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Donor, Organ Donor, Organ Transplants
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Anti-Rejection Medication – ISSUE
Please see the attached link from TRIO (Transplant Recipients International Organization) Once again the transplant community is under attack. The folks in Washington are trying to LIMIT the availability of transplant medications under Medicare! Please see this link – TRIO … Continue reading
Happy Transplant Nurses Day
“Nurses are the HEARTBEAT of health care.” Today is Transplant Nurses Day!! If you are an organ transplant recipient, or are on the waiting list, send your transplant nurses and coordinators some much deserved LOVE!!
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Tagged Heart Transplant, Nurse, Organ Transplants, Transplant Nurses Day
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Organ Donor Month Scoreboard, April 2, 2015
As of this morning there are 123,370 people waiting for a LIFESAVING organ transplant. On average, 75 lives were saved yesterday. On average, 144 people were added to the waiting list. In the past 24 hours 21 people on that … Continue reading
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Tagged DonateLife, Organ Donor Awareness Month, Organ Transplants, Waiting List
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Chaos
“Don’t run in the middle of chaos. Stand still & let the chaos run from you!” ~ T.D. Jakes At times in our lives, we seem to be in the middle of chaos. Recently, multiple family events and other issues … Continue reading
Posted in General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Chaos, God, LifeBanc, OPO, Organ Donor, Organ Donor Family, Organ Procurement Organization, Organ Transplants, Prayers, Thanks
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Touched
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” Color me TOUCHED!! Today I had the honor of attending my niece’s high school graduation party. I knew there would be a large number … Continue reading
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Tagged Donor, Family, Friends, Hero, Hope, Humbled, Inspiring, LifeBanc, Organ Transplants
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LVAD – Facebook Group
“Dear heart, please stop getting involved in everything. Your job is to pump blood.” – Unknown We all know that our hearts pump the blood, but some hearts need EXTRA help to pump the blood. A LVAD (Left Ventricle Support … Continue reading
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Tagged Heart, Heart Transplant, LVAD, Organ Transplants
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