Lexie's legacy: Organ donation can save lives
Topeka Capital-Journal | Anne Marie Bush
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Friends and family remember 15-year-old Lexie Salmon on Thursday night at a candlelight vigil at Lake Shawnee.
Lexie Salmon, 15, missed the last few days of her sophomore year after having an allergic reaction to peanuts. Days later, Salmon was rushed to Children’s Mercy Hospital, where doctors discovered a virus was attacking her body and affecting her organs, including her liver, a family friend said.
Salmon died Wednesday.
“She was a ray of sunshine,†said Connie Hill, a family friend. “She had so much character.â€
At a candlelight vigil Thursday night on the shores of Lake Shawnee, family members and high school friends talked about the lessons to be learned from Lexie’s life, and from her passing.
Tearful student speakers talked of the importance of never taking life for granted, as well as the need to sign organ donor cards even at a young age. They attempted to cheer each other up with songs and stories of Lexie’s mannerisms and involvement in their lives.
Friends and family remember 15-year-old Lexie Salmon on Thursday night at a candlelight vigil at Lake Shawnee.
Shawnee Heights teen dies while waiting for liver transplant
Family members and friends are mourning the loss of a Shawnee Heights High School student who died while waiting for a liver transplant.Lexie Salmon, 15, missed the last few days of her sophomore year after having an allergic reaction to peanuts. Days later, Salmon was rushed to Children’s Mercy Hospital, where doctors discovered a virus was attacking her body and affecting her organs, including her liver, a family friend said.
Salmon died Wednesday.
“She was a ray of sunshine,†said Connie Hill, a family friend. “She had so much character.â€
At a candlelight vigil Thursday night on the shores of Lake Shawnee, family members and high school friends talked about the lessons to be learned from Lexie’s life, and from her passing.
Tearful student speakers talked of the importance of never taking life for granted, as well as the need to sign organ donor cards even at a young age. They attempted to cheer each other up with songs and stories of Lexie’s mannerisms and involvement in their lives.
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"You have the power to SAVE lives."
To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.net
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