Nita, kidney recipient
Since her kidney transplant, Nita started practicing yoga, and even opened her own yoga studio.
Temperance, liver recipient
Temperance received a new liver transplant at 2 years old. Today, she’s a happy and successful preschooler.
Whittney, kidney recipient
Whittney’s prognosis was bleak after an aggressive E. coli bacteria infection attacked her kidneys. But through a kidney transplant, she says, “I can just be a normal kid now.”
Martin, double lung recipient
Martin Martinez Rosa became seriously ill almost overnight—but his diagnosis took a few months. In the meantime, suffering with a recurring fever and frequent vomiting, he went back and forth to doctors at the community clinic. One doctor thought he might have—and was treating him for—tuberculosis. What Martin actually had was silicosis—a respiratory disease caused by inhaling silica dust—and the only treatment was a double-lung transplant.
Skylar, heart recipient
During a routine ultrasound in 2007, Rikki Myers, 18 weeks pregrant, received devastating news. The ultrasound revealed that their baby had a serious heart defect—hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Almost immediately after Skylar was born, his heart began to fail, so an emergency open-heart operation was performed.
Destiny, liver recipient
Looking at Destiny today, it is hard to believe that as an infant she was diagnosed with severe liver disease and only given six months to live. At the tender age of one, Destiny only weighed 13 pounds and was desperately ill. Her only hope for survival was a liver transplant.