Recipient Twelve years ago, one late summer day, our lives changed forever. Without warning, at 39 years of age, Brian had his first episode that prompted me to call for his first of many ambulance rides, emergency room visits, and hospital stays…and a diagnosis that left me paralyzed in fear. CARDIOMYOPATHY. My name is Janet [...]
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Recipient Help us turn “Tragedies into Miracles”. Tom Awad, Sport Fest Windsor Co-Chair, is a liver transplant recipient. His journey from detecting his illness to his recovery, simply put, is a miracle. As a father of four, a husband of 35 years to Carol and a retired General Motors employee, he was ready to settle [...]
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Recipient Hello my name is Tom Leckie. I am a salesman at the Rose City Ford car dealership in Windsor. I have a beautiful wife Robin and three children Eric, Matthew and Miranda. Three years ago I fell ill in Ottawa while on vacation with my family. I went to the Ottawa Hospital where I [...]
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Recipient Not long after his birth, Kaidyn was diagnosed with Biliary Artesia, a congenital process that blocks proper bile drainage from the liver. This condition causes rapid deterioration of the organ and transplantation is essential. Fortunately, at the age of one, Kaidyn received the gift he desperately needed. He is now active and healthy thanks [...]
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Recipient On September 9th, 2005 Debbie was given a second chance on life. In 1995, Debbie was diagnosed with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis after a brief bout with fatigue, nausea, jaundice and yellowing of the skin & eyes. This disease is a blockage of the bile ducts in the liver which prevents bile from being secreted [...]
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