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Karsyn Dawn Tolson was a precious baby whom was just starting in life. Always smiling. Always laughing. Her smile would light up a room. When she died, a part of me died as well. KODA provided my family and I a chance to make something positive out of a tragedy. Karsyn was able to save
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My dad started dialysis in April of 2019. His kidneys started to fail because of his diabetes. He didn’t want to live his life hooked to a machine but with a lot of talking and pleading, he decided he would do dialysis. Every single day I could see him going more and more down hill,
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Hi, my name is Jeremy. I am 33 years old. A husband. A dog dad. And a dialysis patient. I have ESRD caused by Wegener’s Granulomatosis, recently renamed GPA, an autoimmune disease that attacked and destroyed my kidneys nearly over night. When I went into the hospital for what I thought was a cold I couldn’t
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It was in late Spring in 2022. I was at work. Me and my grandson were very close. I would FaceTime him every morning from work to check on him. My daughter was a stay at home mom of three. They lived with us. That morning, around 10:00 or so I FaceTime my daughter but
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My story starts in 2010. I received my liver transplant in December 2019. The mission of organ donation for me means, a future. Because of Transplant, I was able to see my first grandson be born and my daughter get married, and since we just celebrated my second grandchild‘s birth in July 2022. I have
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2006 when I was 14 years old I had seven grand mal seizures. I was sent to the hospital in complete kidney failure. After a long road of testing, I was blessed that my uncle, John Staub, was able to be a living kidney donor on June 27, 2007. I still have Bob (my kidney)
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My name is Teresa Hobbs. I am a heart transplant recipient. I received my gift of life on July 20, 2019. I live with my best friend and husband David who I have been married to for 49 years. I have 4 grown married children Mandy, Eric, Kyle, and Megan. I also have 9 grandchildren
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My son was killed on 12/19/2019. Christian was always a giving child who loved everyone he came into contact with so when KODA called me after he passed, first they were sorry to hear about our loss and and sent prayers for healing. I truly didn’t even think of donating; it doesn’t cross your
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My wife was 56 years old when she passed away. We were married for 36 and a half years at the time of her death. She passed away from a pulmonary embolism on Friday April 15. We had discussed openly about organ donation and were both registered donors. Without a doubt that was the most
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10 years ago our family was faced with tragedy when my husband lost his life suddenly to a brain hemorrhage. While we were in the hospital, a representative from KODA explained to us that my husband had years ago had sent to KODA to have his organs donated. While we were heart broken about his
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