Stories of Hope

Jacqueline Lockley

Transplant Recipient - Organ

Blessing

September 3, 2023 I went to the ER thinking that I had COVID-19. Blood work was done, and I was told that I had to be…

Earl Holt

Transplant Recipient - Organ

Unkle Earl: A Double-Lung Transplant Recipient's Story of Survival

Due to a rare disease which damaged my lungs, I was in desperate need of a double lung transplant to survive. On May 12,…

Vickie Avara

Transplant Recipient - Organ

Living My Best Life

I was diagnosed with Kidney disease in 2007 and received my first kidney transplant from my brother-in-law February…

Haley Crosby

Transplant Recipient - Organ

The Journey of Life

On Christmas 2009, I was diagnosed with a liver disease called autoimmune hepatitis and was placed on the transplant…

Lonny Robertson

Transplant Recipient - Organ

My heart transplant journey.

Here is my story from the time I declined to the point I needed a transplant. I had congestive heart failure for 15…

Joelma Redfern

Transplant Recipient - Organ

A MIRACLE

My name is Joelma Redfern, and I'm from Brazil but have been living in Maryland for more than 20 years. I'm coming up on…

Stacey Ford

Transplant Recipient - Organ

My life was saved a year ago

When I was 16 and I got my first drivers license, I immediately checked the box to be an organ donor; never in my…

Olivia Jones

Transplant Recipient - Organ

A Grateful Heart