September: Steven Dragon. Featured in 2023 Calendar.
I received a heart transplant almost five years ago. I was a healthy 47-year-old husband and father of three children, spending my days working and nights playing outside with the kids. I began having trouble breathing and after several tests, I was told I had a blood clot in my heart. After a few weeks […]
March: Karyn Frost. Featured in 2023 Calendar.
“I was on the list,” I love saying that. For 20 years, I had systemic lupus, resulting in end-stage renal disease. After four years of waiting, I received my kidney in March, 2022. Being on the waiting list was frustrating, but life goes on. I did dialysis in Spain, France, and all over this country […]
February: Felicia Rohman, Mother of Hadlee Rohman, Heart Recipient. Featured in 2023 Calendar.
Hadlee Mae was born in 2017 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a complex congenital heart defect. After two open-heart surgeries, she began to decline toward the end of 2019, going into complete heart failure. In February of 2020, Hadlee was admitted to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where her only hope of survival was to receive […]
October: Jonathan Voorhees, Liver Recipient. 13 years post-transplant. Featured in 2013 Calendar.
Jonathan was born with a rare liver disease called biliary atresia. The doctors attempted to save his native liver with a major surgery but unfortunately that failed and by the time he was only 4 months old his health began deteriorating rapidly. He required countless procedures and interventions and spent a significant amount of time […]
August: Kelly Williams, Kaleb and Kyle Parker, Kidney Donor and Recipients. 12 and 11 years post-transplant. Featured in 2011 Calendar.
As a living kidney donor, organ donation has positively impacted my life! I feel pride in my decision to donate to Kaleb and am so blessed that our transplant was successful. When my friend Temple told me that her child needed a transplant I said “yes” and if asked again my answer would be the […]
May: Hillary and Bea Weidner, Living Liver Donor and Recipient. 6-years post-transplant. Featured in 2017 Calendar.
My life would be vastly different without donation. Our oldest daughter, Beatrice, was born with a rare liver disease and at six months old she received her lifesaving transplant. I was lucky enough to be her donor and I can’t imagine life without her. Since our last photo shoot, our family has expanded! We always […]
April: Taiquese “Tater” Hicks, Small intestine, Pancreas and Liver Recipient. 11-years post-transplant. Featured in 2011 Calendar.
Tater is a multi-visceral (small intestine, liver and pancreas) transplant recipient. He received his lifesaving transplant back in April of 2010. Before transplant, his life seemed to be on hold. He couldn’t get around like most kids and didn’t eat like most of them either. He was always hooked up to something such as a […]
March: Glenna Bertsch, Kidney Recipient, 13-years post-transplant. Featured in 2012 Calendar.
September 22, 2021 marked my 13th year post transplant. It’s been an incredible journey and this journey has only been possible because of the superhero who was my donor. In the amazing 13 years since my transplant I’ve danced and celebrated at three of our daughters’ weddings, watched our grandson who was two years old […]
February: Tony Mankus, 24-year post-transplant. Featured in 2010 Calendar.
I was honored to be a participant in the 2010 LifeCenter calendar. At that time, I had been a heart transplant recipient for 12 years, and today I have doubled that number. LifeCenter played a major role in my transplantation, therefore, I felt an obligation to pay them back through volunteer work. My wife, Jane, […]
Melissa Armstrong – Kidney Recipient
My name is Melissa Armstrong and I have been on dialysis for 13 years. In 2003, I received a kidney from my mom’s best friend, Linda. Unfortunately, it only lasted until 2007 and since then I’ve been on dialysis. I was scared to get placed on the organ transplant waiting list again, but decided that […]