Donating
Spares Needed!
We still had some elevation gain from Heber, AZ at 6,627’ to Show Low, AZ at 6,331 to Pie Town, NM at 7,796 which is the Continental Divide. On to Albuquerque tomorrow and events at National Kidney Registry network hospitals NM Medical Hospital and Presbyterian.
Category Archives: Organ Trail Route Adventures
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Apr
Apr
We met Terry at the USC Keck event. Terry is on dialysis and needs a kidney Terry is registered with the National Kidney Registry (NKR.org) and has a microsite that explains his current situation. If you can help Terry by looking into donating or being an advocate to help him find a living donor that […]
31
Mar
Mar
Another busy day, March 30th.AZTV 7, THE DAILY MIX morning show at 8am in Phoenix, followed by 4,000 odd feet of climbing in 65 miles to Payson, AZ, followed by a newspaper interview once I arrived in Payson.Dinner with our hosts when we arrived in Payson. Link to morning show: https://www.aztv.com/posts/organ-trail-kidney-donation-journey
30
Mar
Mar
B104.9 Stevens Point update. https://youtu.be/7Er-OGoyAkc
29
Mar
Mar
While Hugh was in the air flying to Phoenix, I was on the ground (ok, actually on the bike) getting Phoenix ready for him. Event at NKR.org network Mayo Transplant hospital this morning. abc15 TV
28
Mar
Mar
Well, we made it through the two solid days of desert riding from Indio, CA to Blythe, CA to Buckeye, AZ. I’ll post more later, but here are a few pics of the experience.
26
Mar
Mar
Biked through Palm Springs today. https://youtube.com/shorts/jQugXaExM7s?feature=share Lynn saw the thermometer in the truck hit 100 degrees F today. Unusually warm temps for March even for eastern CA. JUST GREAT! The east wind brings the hot desert air west. Which in our case means a headwind. Did the old “drive ahead with the bikes and pedal […]
22
Mar
Mar
Day 1. San Diego to Mission Viejo. We had an interesting evening with Chuck Cox, his buddy Jim Knox and his wife Marsha talking Alaska fishing (which was supper, Alaskan halibut Chuck caught and processed himself) motorcycles with Jim and the Pacific Northwest as they both came from the Seatle area (but never knew each […]
22
Mar
Mar
This is a kidney support group headed by Dr. Rastogi at UCLA. They do a very good job gathering people that have donated and received a kidney, some awhile ago, some very recent to help support, encourage and educate new donors and potential recipients. The love and respect they show each other is inspiring. I’ve […]
21
Mar
Mar
Louie took part in our event at UCLA. A GREAT story. https://connect.uclahealth.org/2022/03/04/ucla-health-kidney-program-gives-louie-mejia-a-path-to-recovery/