CAMBRIDGE MAN HAS BEEN POSITIVELY AFFECTED BY ORGAN TRANSPLANT
The Daily Jeffersonian
BARNESVILLE -- Last year approximately 28,000 Americans received a life-saving organ transplant and more than one million Americans received a life-changing tissue transplant. When just one individual makes the decision to donate, they can change the lives of more than 50 others.
For those who have been blessed with good health, the thought of needing a life-saving organ transplant to survive has probably never crossed their mind. However, for the more than 115,000 Americans awaiting a life-saving transplant, this is everyday life. Tim Jones of Cambridge is one of those who has been positively affected by organ transplant. Tim, a heart transplant recipient learned of his heart condition at the age of 14, when his doctor realized his aortic valve was leaking.
Despite several surgeries over the course of his life, Tim received the devastating news that he would need a heart transplant in the future to survive.
Fortunately, Tim was one of the lucky ones; he received his new heart July 2, 2004, thanks to the gift of a selfless stranger. Tim credits his full life to that of his hero Patty, an organ donor who saved his life. "Without her gift, I would not be golfing, watching the Buckeyes, volunteering for Lifeline of Ohio, increasing what I consider to be my extended family, meeting so many wonderful people at my school talks and health fairs, participating in the U.S. Transplant Games (loosely speaking!) and most importantly, keeping Patty's name alive, in honor of her generous act of heroism. Patty saved four lives that day."
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
BARNESVILLE -- Last year approximately 28,000 Americans received a life-saving organ transplant and more than one million Americans received a life-changing tissue transplant. When just one individual makes the decision to donate, they can change the lives of more than 50 others.
For those who have been blessed with good health, the thought of needing a life-saving organ transplant to survive has probably never crossed their mind. However, for the more than 115,000 Americans awaiting a life-saving transplant, this is everyday life. Tim Jones of Cambridge is one of those who has been positively affected by organ transplant. Tim, a heart transplant recipient learned of his heart condition at the age of 14, when his doctor realized his aortic valve was leaking.
Despite several surgeries over the course of his life, Tim received the devastating news that he would need a heart transplant in the future to survive.
Fortunately, Tim was one of the lucky ones; he received his new heart July 2, 2004, thanks to the gift of a selfless stranger. Tim credits his full life to that of his hero Patty, an organ donor who saved his life. "Without her gift, I would not be golfing, watching the Buckeyes, volunteering for Lifeline of Ohio, increasing what I consider to be my extended family, meeting so many wonderful people at my school talks and health fairs, participating in the U.S. Transplant Games (loosely speaking!) and most importantly, keeping Patty's name alive, in honor of her generous act of heroism. Patty saved four lives that day."
Read more
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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