Honor Roll - Organ Donors

[okarol]

To nominate a donor for the Donor Honor Roll, hit REPLY, copy and paste the format below then complete the form. You may submit a living donor, deceased donor, or donor family. If you don't know their name, as in the case of an anonymous donor, living or deceased, post what you do know.

1. Name of donor: 

2. Name of organ recipient:

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated) and living or deceased:

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas):

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):

6. Your member name:

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:

[okarol]

1. Name of donor: Patrice Smith

2. Name of organ recipient: Jenna Franks

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated): Unrelated living donor

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): Jan. 16, 2007

6. Your member name: okarol

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:
Patrice is an unrelated "Good Samaritan" donor who found Jenna's story through the Living Donors Online website. We are forever grateful for her courage and personal sacrifice to improve Jenna's life.

[monrein]

1. Name of donor:   Kathy Dube

2. Name of organ recipient:   Gail Whiteside

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated):  Brother's wife.

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas):  Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):  February 23rd, 2009

6. Your member name:   monrein

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:   Kathy's first date with my brother who is ten years younger than me was on the day of my first transplant in 1985.  She was very matter of fact about her offer to donate, although she thoroughly researched the implications, and told me that she'd just been keeping it warm for me for the past 23 years, which was the duration of my first transplant.   Her no-strings-attached love for me has bound me to her as much as I am capable of imagining.





1. Name of donor:  Unknown, 17 year old girl who died of a sudden brain hemorrhage.  Her parents donated all viable organs and her kidney was a 6/6 match for me.

2. Name of organ recipient:   Gail Whiteside

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated):   Unrelated anonymous cadaver...words which do not capture the very deep feelings that I have for this person and for her generous parents.

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas):   Kidney.

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):   January 21st, 1985

6. Your member name:   monrein

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:   I still think about these people whom I never met, with amazing regularity, and will never forget, as long as I have memory cells, how much a single act of compassionate generosity towards a stranger can impact a life.  This particular young life that ended far too soon gave me my life back for 23 precious years and I will never forget a girl I never knew.

[edersham]

NAME OF DONOR: Christie Zerfing


NAME OF RECIPIENT: Ed Dersham


RELATIONSHIP  TO DONOR:  True Friend

FORM OF DONATION: Kidney

DATE OF DONATION: March 23, 2010
MEMBER NAME: edersham

TEXT: Christie and her husband Jim offered to be tested as soon as they heard I was in kidney failure. I knew
nothing about the process then but they patiently waited for me to get my head around the idea and learn
of the safeguards for the donor. They hung in there and despite some twists and turns I received Christies kidney 30 days ago and I will never doubt that there are such things as true friends for the rest of  my life.

Ed

[lunadatura]

My friend sent me this article from NPR about a living donor found via facebook - great story!!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126174318

[carla13]

. Name of donor:  Peter Phillips and 2 unknown donors.

2. Name of organ recipient: Carla Phillips

3. Relationship of recipient to donor: Husband

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): 2nd June 2010

6. Your member name: Carla13

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry: My husband Peter and I were part of a 3 way pooled donation. So 3 people received kidneys on that day! Peter is doing really well and talking about going back to work! I would like to thank him and the other two donors for putting themselves through so much just so that their loved ones can have the chance of a normal life.
Carla

[BrandyChloe]

1. Eddy Salinas

2. Effie Clark

3. Eddy is my brother. It was a living donation.

4. Kidney

5. 12/29/2009

6. Brandychloe

7. Eddy is one of those guys that hates going to the doctor and avoids it at all costs. Well, as soon as he knew it was time for me to have a transplant, he said, I'll be tested, with no hesitation whatsoever. I know how hard the whole process was for him and I will be forever grateful for the gift he gave me.
 
 
 

[Fox_nc]

1. Name of donor:  Sue Cox

2. Name of organ recipient: Sonja Fox

3. Relationship of recipient to donor and living or deceased: Mommy – still kicking!

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):  Feb 2, 1995

6. Your member name:  Fox_nc

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:I am very grateful that my mother was able to be my donor and that we were able to go through the process together. Our favorite story about the process is when we were asked seperatly how we felt about a part of her being placed in me - we both said that she was my mother and already 50% of me, so what's the difference? They liked that answer:-)



1. Name of donor:  David Fox

2. Name of organ recipient:  Sonja Fox

3. Relationship of recipient to donor and living or deceased: Husband - living

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): August 9, 2007

6. Your member name: Fox_nc

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry: I thank God everyday for sending me a loving husband who takes “in sickness and in health” to heart.

[Riki]

Wow, I really teared up reading this thread, runny nose and all

1. Name of donor: Unknown Young Male, from Newfoundland, Canada

2. Name of organ recipient: Erica Harris

3. Relationship of recipient to donor:  unrelated cadaveric donor   

4. Form of donation: kidney

5. Date of donation: October 1, 1992

6. Your member name: Riki

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:

I'll be forever grateful to this young man and his family.  Their donation gave me 8 years of normalcy, which included my teenage years.  There is no way I could ever repay them for their gift.


1. Name of donor: Unknown Female, from New Brunswick, Canada

2. Name of organ recipient: Erica Harris

3. Relationship of recipient to donor: unrelated cadaveric donor   

4. Form of donation: kidney

5. Date of donation: May 22, 2001

6. Your member name: Riki

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:
I know little of this woman, and what I do know is from my mom eavesdropping at the nurses station.  Her and her family's gift gave me another 3 years of normalcy.  I only wish it could have lasted longer.

I honestly believe that there is a special place in Heaven for organ donors, and I'm sure these two are there, in Paradise, drinking fruity drinks with umbrellas and curly straws in them, and getting the pampering that we all want in life.

[smileeface]

1. Name of donor:  Dave / Angie / Sara

2. Name of organ recipient: Aunt Mary Ann / Ron / Karin

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated) and living or deceased: didn't know each other and living

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): July 21, 2010

6. Your member name: smileeface

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry: THEY ROCK!

[BASSMAN]

Donor - Colleen Oehler-Johnsen

Recipient - Phillip Johnsen
 
Relation - Spouse

Form - Kidney

Date July 22, 2010

Member  name - BASSMAN

I will never be able to give her a gift that compares to the gift she gave me.  We were always close but to have a piece of her inside of me keeping me healthy and alive creates an even greater bond.

[bountyhunter_ga]

donor  Mike huggard

recipient  Mickey Gilbertson

relation   real good friend

form   Kidney

Date   Sept 10, 2020

Member name  Bountyhunter_ga

As the rest of you I feel like Mike was sent from heaven to rescue me. The whole town of Dawsonville,Ga has come to my aid on this one. My new vison is to make the life of those left behind better somehow, God bless you all.

[MooseMom]

You are all so very blessed.

[-Lady Noir-]

1. Name of donor:  Gregory Benon

2. Name of organ recipient: Michael Beynon

3. Relationship of recipient to donor: Father & Son

4. Form of donation: Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): Wednesday 1st December 2010

6. Your member name: -Lady Noir-

[bountyhunter_ga]

donor  Mike huggard

recipient  Mickey Gilbertson

relation   real good friend

form   Kidney

Date   Sept 10, 2020

Member name  Bountyhunter_ga

As the rest of you I feel like Mike was sent from heaven to rescue me. The whole town of Dawsonville,Ga has come to my aid on this one. My new vison is to make the life of those left behind better somehow, God bless you all.

[kellyt]

1. Name of donor:  Etta Poteete

2. Name of organ recipient:    Kelly Talbert

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated) and living or deceased:   My sister-in-law (husband's sister)

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas):     Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):    Nov 5, 2008

6. Your member name:    kellyt
   
7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:   Etta selfishly gave of herself so that I could live a better life and I love and adore her completely.

[Katonsdad]

1. Name of donor:  Unknown  Young person from So. Calif.

2. Name of organ recipient:  Kevin Janke

3. Relationship of recipient to donor  Cadaver donor

4. Form of donation  kidney/pancreas):

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): 08/05/1999

6. Your member name:  Katonsdad

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:  Thank you for you Gift . I wish I could  know more
about you .

[sparklelady]

1. Name of donor:  Kenny Davis

2. Name of organ recipient: Diane Martin

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated) and living or deceased: My wonderful, fantastic, loving baby brother

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): Jan. 3, 2011

6. Your member name: sparklelady

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:
I am so grateful for family, not only my brother, but my whole family who helped and supported us. I hope everyone on this site gets to experience this!!

[jr1234]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHHa6AydI5o (utube)1. Name of donor:  Pattie
1. Name of donor:Pattie"2. Name of organ recipient:John Rollins
3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is my wifes good freind.
4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):1/12/11. Your member name: JR1234. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:
After6 unsucessful donot attemts,Pattie passed wiht FLyin colors. My firstwords after surgury wer :"How is pattie?.

after 6 years of dialyis god has again shown me grace and thatpeople like Pattie make a difference

[skyedogrocks]

1. Name of donor:  George Hartford

2. Name of organ recipient: Rob (my husband)

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated) and living or deceased: George found us on livingdonor.com.  Living donor

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas):  Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):  11/17/2009

6. Your member name: skyedogrocks

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:  George is my person hero for selflessly donating his kidney to my husband.  He was a complete stranger and quickly became a family member.  He continuously donates blood and platelets as often as he can.  We love him so very much, we are truly blessed.   

[Jaybird]

1. Name of donor:  Paula Maffo

2. Name of organ recipient: Jason Smith (Myself)

3. Relationship of recipient to donor: My mother, Living Donor

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas):  Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):  08/13/2007

6. Your member name: Jaybird

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry: I love my mother, the woman who has given me life... twice.

[Marina]

1. Name of donor:     Laura

2. Name of organ recipient:   Marina

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated) and living or deceased: Deceased  donor

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): Kidney  &  Pancreas.


5. Date of donation (month, day, year):    Nov 9,  2010

6. Your member name:   Marina


7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:

THANK  YOU  Mary  for  donating your  precious  daughter  Laura's  kidney  &  pancreas  to me.
THANK YOU  Laura  for choosing  to  register  to  be  an  organ  donor,  I  will  forever  be 
G R A T E F U L    to you  and your  family  for  your   GIFT OF  LIFE    to  me!!

[mmmmdeedee]

1. Name of donor: First Kidney, Susan Matsumoto. Second Kidney, Mark Matsumoto

2. Name of organ recipient: Dee Dee Matsumoto

3. Relationship of recipient to donor My sister Susan, eldest of seven (me being the baby) and my brother Mark who did all his bloodwork via the mail system as he lives in Hawaii and I in California.

4. Form of donation: Kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): 1) April 1990, 2) July 2007

6. Your member name: mmmmdeedee

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:

I hope God reminds me every day of the blessings of having such a great giving family!

[4thsiblingondialysis]

1. Name of donor:  Dianne Coleman

2. Name of organ recipient:  Jan Severance

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated) and living or deceased: friend!

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas):  kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year):  3/27/12

6. Your member name: 4thsiblingondialysis

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry:
This woman, this friend, stepped up after she found out that my original donor had complications to a cyst removal required by the transplant team which put her ability to donate to me in jeopardy.  She is one amazing angel!

[Lexxtech18]

1. Name of donor:  Pam Warman

2. Name of organ recipient: Lex Foster

3. Relationship of recipient to donor (e.g., the recipient is the donor's son, sister, parent, cousin, or the donor and recipient are unrelated) and living or deceased: Daughter, living

4. Form of donation (kidney or kidney/pancreas): kidney

5. Date of donation (month, day, year): October 3rd, 1996

6. Your member name: Lexxtech18

7. Below, enter the text you will like to have appear in the Donor Honor Roll entry: My mom is my hero. Not only did she give birth to me (au natural) but she also did not hesitate to donate her kidney to me, and only six months after giving birth to my younger sister. She has always been there for me and she continues to be the strongest woman I know. I love her with all of my heart!