Stories of Hope
Donor Stories: Babette
Donor Mother: Babette Babette is a donor mother from Denver, CO. Her daughter, Brianna, passed away and gave the gift of life through organ and tissue donation. This is Babette and Brianna’s story. Following a tragic self-inflicted accident, Babette says that Brianna was in the Intensive Care Unit for four days. When we were told […]
Bill
On December 5, 2009, Bill had a “widow-maker” heart attack. But Bill didn’t think that’s what was happening. If it had been a heart attack, he would have died, he thought. But five days later when he finally went to the emergency room, doctors told Bill that he had suffered a massive heart attack and […]
Judy
Before Judy found out she needed a transplant, she lived an active, healthy and normal life. Judy grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and attended the University of Illinois. She wanted to be a teacher, but when she had trouble finding a full-time teaching position she became a flight attendant instead and enjoyed traveling […]
Connor
When Connor’s mom took her three-month-old son to the doctor for a cold, she learned that Connor had a condition called cardiomyopathy, a deadly heart disease that could only be remedied by a heart transplant. Connor spent nine weeks on the waiting list and received a transplant on Mother’s Day in 1992. Ten years passed […]