Alysia is grateful for both of the kidney donors and the donor families who are making life possible for her.
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Doctors Explore Lifting Barriers to Living Organ Donation
Surgeons turned down Terra Goudge for the liver transplant that was her only shot at surviving a rare cancer. Her tumor was too advanced, they said -- even though Goudge had a friend ready to be her living donor. But then, she found a hospital on...
Hood to Coast Relay Team Celebrates Gift of Life
Living donors, recipients, family members -- they have come together now for 21 years to walk in the Portland to Coast relay and honor the donations and transplantations they've experienced. They are celebrating life together.
Milton-Freewater Runner Garners Bronze in Transplant Games
After suffering kidney disease at age 26 and receiving a living kidney donation from a family friend in Deecember 2011, Steve Porter of Milton-Freewater has gone on to compete in the 2018 Transplant Games of America and bring home a bronze medal.
Local Athletes Help Raise Donor Awareness at Transplant Games
Clackamas, Ore. residents Theresa Baker, her son Travis, and friend Dan Felts joined Team Northwest for the 2018 Transplant Games of American in Salt Lake City.
A Heart for Others, Teen's Death Has Far-reaching Impact
In March 2016, Vicky Johnson was just 58 years old, but thought she had reached the end of her life-long battle with congestive heart failure and was preparing her obituary. 500 miles away, Isabel Santoro, 14, had tired of being bullied by her...
Everyday Hero: A Tragic Death and Organ Donation Leads to the Gift of Life
In Everyday Hero we meet the mother of a 14-year-old girl who died tragically, and the woman who received the girl's heart, just days before doctors said she would have died without it.
The 'Heart' of Camas Days
Laurie Havener received a heart transplant in October 2016. Now the focus of her efforts is on spreading awareness in honor of her donor, Rachel.
14-Year-Old's Donated Organs Saved 9 Lives, and Her Mom Just Got to Hear Her Heartbeat Again
At just 14, Isabel, who dreamed of a future in medicine, tragically died by suicide. Her mom, Lauren, donated her late daughter's organs -- which have saved the lives of nine people, including Vicky.
Local Heart Transplant Recipient Gets to Meet Donor's Mom
It took nearly a lifetime for Vicky Johnson to decide she was ready for a heart transplant, but only a few short minutes to find out she was about to get one. The Sweet Home resident was given the heart of a 14-year-old girl in March 2016. Now, two...
California Mom Hears Her 14-year-old Daughter's Heart Beat Inside Oregon Woman's Chest
Lauren, the mother of a teen who took her own life after being bullied, heard her late daughter's heartbeat for the first time since her death.