David Shafer has a lopsided relationship with the universe of kidney donors. He has type O blood, making him a universal donor. If he were donating a kidney, anyone could […]
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William Johnson doesn’t sugar coat it: He hates dialysis. He sits in his car, literally “psyching” himself to enter the dialysis center, where he goes from 4:30 p.m. to 10 […]
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Richard Hasz, President and CEO of Gift of Life, says their organization needs more people to choose organ donation, as the supply is not coming close to meeting the demand. “It’s […]
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Loraine Ballard Morrill talks about National Donate Life Month, the Donor Dash and the pressing need for organ donation with Gift of Life Donor Program President and CEO Rick Hasz […]
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Clarence Banks regularly goes straight from 5 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. dialysis sessions to work as manager of Boscov’s in Camp Hill. Banks, 62, went most of his adult life […]
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Most people have certain dates and times forever etched in their minds: The date they met their spouse. The day a famous person died. The hour and minute of a […]
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Chris Dempsey figures he has written and re-written the letter at least 50 times. It’s for the family of the person who died and gave him a kidney. Dempsey, 36, […]
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David Skalski knows the importance of having a goal. In the summer of 2017, David Skalski, known as “Ski” to his friends, underwent a successful left lung transplant surgery at […]
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Today, more than 100,000 men, women, and children in the United States need a life-saving organ transplant. In many cases, an organ donation provides another chance to live a full life. […]
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JIM THORPE, Pa. — Jeff Kalage, a retired NYPD officer now living in Jim Thorpe, contracted Hepatitis A in April 2017. It’s normally a treatable condition. “Unfortunately, there is a […]
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