Because of Organ Donation Series
The gift of life through organ donation is truly a miracle.
To be on the receiving end of this amazing gift is life-changing, but the journey to get there can be daunting. You pray for an organ to save your life, knowing it could mean tragedy and death for another family.
Book 3 in our series coming this Fall!
Because of Organ Donation - Pediatric Stories
This book (book 2) features 15 different pediatric stories of transplants, living donation, and angel donors.
Our children are as precious as the gift of life itself, so imagine when it’s a child in need of a life-saving gift. Or maybe a parent is living their worst nightmare, but they choose to answer another family’s prayer. If you had the power to be a hero as a living donor and save a child’s life, would you do it? Almost 2,000 children are on the transplant waiting list, and the more than 500 children waiting for a donor organ are five and under. This collection of stories will give you a glimpse into pediatric organ donation and transplant. You will meet parents who never imagined their child would need a life-saving gift. You may find yourself empathizing with the family that had to make the incomprehensible decision for their own child to become an organ donor. You might cheer on the family member, friend, or complete stranger who wants to donate a kidney or a portion of their liver. Each chapter represents the amazing gifts that can come from organ donation.
Meet the Chapter Authors:
Kelli Bartleson
Mom of a Heart Recipient
Gail Burant
Mom of a Liver Recipient
Dan Richardson
Dad of Angel Donor
Stephanie Skrede/Kayla Fink
Mom of a Liver Recipient/Living Liver Donor
Kristen Cowan/Jamie Porter
Mom of Angel Donor/Aunt of Angel Donor
Jen Lau
Mom of a Liver Recipient
Beth Battista
Living Kidney Donor
Riki Graves
Mom of a Heart Recipient
Stephanie Mullet
Mom of a Liver Recipient
Sara Snider
Mom of an Angel Donor
Harmony Wells
Living Kidney Donor
Tom Schaefer
Dad of a Liver/Kidney Recipient
Patti DiSanto
Mom of a Heart Recipient
John Welch
Dad of a Kidney Recipient
Rachel Rodriguez
Grandma of an Angel Donor
Because of Organ Donation
25 Different Stories
In this book (book 1), you will find 25 different stories of hope, kindness, despair, and healing shared by transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families. Because of organ donation, their lives have forever changed.
Each chapter will tug at your heartstrings
Each chapter will tug at your heartstrings as you read about people struggling to stay alive, and ultimately relying on the generosity of another human being, or the kindness of a beautiful soul and their grieving family.
Hear what inspired living donors to willingly donate an organ.
You will hear how living donors graciously donated an organ, sometimes even two organs; often to a stranger. You will also learn about donor families who were able to think of others during their most heartbreaking moment, offering to let their loved-ones legacy live on in a stranger.
Meet the Chapter Authors:
Kidney Recipient from Living Donor Patricia Milford
donor family (NASCAR Cup driver)
Living Kidney Donor to Sara Solinsky
Living Kidney Donor to Richard Hanusa, with Sarah Weaver
Living Kidney Donor to Nicole Braatz
Liver Recipient and Her Husband Reid is a Living Kidney Donor
4-time Kidney Recipient/2 Time Pancreas Recipient