15 Transplants for Our Clients in August 2023

Text reads Touched by Transplant within a blue circle on a bright orange background with a blooming vine decorative design in teal, yellow, and light green.

Post-transplant, Steven lies in a hospital bed with a blue hospital gown and multiple wires connected to his chest and neck. Two nurses in scrubs and gloves maneuver equipment near his feet. Steven has light skin and short gray hair.

Tanisha has brown skin, brown eyes, and a big smile. She has white-striped vintage-shaped dark brown glasses and hoop earrings and wears a black hoodie. Her hair is short and curly, brown threaded with silver.

Charlie has light skin, a short white-gray beard, dark eyes, and a blue baseball cap. He wears a violet long-sleeved shirt and a blue vest. He is seated in a red leather armchair with a golden retriever lying near him. The room he is in has wooden floors and a big window with a view of a beautiful vista of snow-capped pine trees.

Glory's photo is labeled with text Glory D. Martin in cursive. Glory has brown skin, brown eyes, red lipstick and short-cropped gray-brown hair. She wears a bright yellow blouse.

Sharnet has brown skin, brown eyes, glossy mauve lips, and long braided black hair with some gray. She wears hoop earrings and a blue patterned blouse. She has an oxygen tube connected to her nose.

Gary has light skin, blue eyes, and glasses half rimmed in silver. He has a short white beard and a bald head.

Viola is a pictured in a circular photo bordered in swirls of light blue and light gold. She has light brown skin, brown eyes, purple-tinted lipstick, silver earrings, and a bold silver necklace. Her hair is black and curly to her shoulders. She wears a gray turtleneck and a gray, white, and black striped sweater.

Lois has light skin, blue eyes, mascara, and peach lipstick. She has short sandy brown hair with earrings and a sleeveless floral blouse. She is taking a selfie in the driver seat of a car.

Stacia has light skin, light eyes, and curly gray hair to her chest with bangs. She wears a bright turquoise and pink tie dye t-shirt, turquoise and silver rings, and long beaded earrings. She has an oxygen tube connected to her nose. She is seated on an outdoor porch half illuminated by sunlight.

Andrew is a young man with light skin, blue-gray eyes, black-rimmed glasses, a black t-shirt, and black gauge-style earring studs. He has a short brown and gray beard. He is pictured in a massage room with a white sheet-draped table, sketch artwork on the walls, a salt lamp, and a fluffy gray-brown robe.

liver

Charlie Miller

Steven Sneed

Gary Romberger

Veronica Solano Guerrero

kidney

kidney/pancreas

lung

double lung

heart

There is nothing our team loves more than seeing community support and resilience turn into tangible hope for our clients as they pursue the gift of life.

Like you, we believe no patient or family should have to lose hope because of the financial burden of a transplant.

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Transplant Stories

Written by Emily Progin