Donating
Spares Needed!
Or should I say SPLASH! Meet Cooper. He’s 2 years old and has been on dialysis since 8 months old. From Coopers’s Mom, Katie in Minnesota. Grab a Kleenex! In the past three years we have had our share of moments of grief, anger and sadness but are constantly reminded that there so many friends, […]
Category Archives: Stories
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Jan
Jan
After 2 failed attempts over 2 years things finally went Lynn’s way and she was able to donate her spare kidney. As her donation process proceeded we did everything we could to make sure every recipient we were personally helping to find a donor had some solid possibilities. Lynn then selected a 2 year old […]
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Dec
Dec
This is an amazing story of a liver and kidney transplant between a daughter and her mother. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/24/us/chicago-nurse-organ-donation-btc-ctrp/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3rgNZhAIMEg87o1wgIFBrysklACFrxB6QpBVA8XQ2qQ2W5CkBK4ABKRnE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
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Oct
Oct
Around a year ago I met a man named Brett Ashley in Times Square on our ride from Martha’s Vineyard home to Wisconsin.He told me the story of how a few years ago when he found out he needed a kidney to eventually maybe just keep on living, he felt it wouldn’t be a problem. […]
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Apr
Apr
One of the highlights of TOT 4.0 was meeting such fantastic people that opened their homes for us or helped us in other ways. Connecting with people along the route to help us with lodging was always part of our plan, but last spring, COVID prevented that on TOT 1.0. Enter Debb (Hawks) Solomon, who […]
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Apr
Apr
Lynn and I met Pat O’Brien and his wife Nancy in Albuquerque, NM when they offered to host us the two days we were there. Pat also needs a kidney and we did some media together, 3 events to be exact, the first at the University of New Mexico Hospital, 2nd at Presbyterian Hospital (both […]
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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.
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Feb
Feb
I SURVIVED – I FINISHED- I’M BACK INSIDE WHERE IT’S WARM Both the Tuscobia and the Arrowhead 135 races went well. I finished — and that’s all that really matters! For those of you not familiar: The Tuscobia Winter Ultra is a human powered run, bike or ski event held on the Tuscobia and Wild Rivers State Trails in Northern […]
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Dec
Dec
11-11. KidneyShare: The Gift of Life: Devyn Prielipp, from Warrens, Wisconsin. Miss Wisconsin for America, 2019 and Living Kidney Donor This concludes the KidneyShare Event held at O’so Brewing in Plover, WI on Oct. 30th, 2021.Thank You to O’so Brewing for hosting our event, all of the speakers that presented, the many that helped us […]
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Dec
Dec
Come join us at Restoring Hope Transplant House (RHTH) in Middleton, WI this Thursday, the 23rd at 11:00am as we present Cindy and Eric a donation.This donation was made possible because of all of you that voted in the USA Today Humankind Triumph of the Year award! So, a huge THANK YOU from Lynn, Eric, […]