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NEWS: - KOIN 6

Kidney Recipient Helps 'Erase the Wait' For Man

Sherwood High School teacher, Sarah Holtz, is alive today because her fellow teacher, Carolyn Davidson, donated a kidney. Now, Sarah's paying the kindness forward through volunteering as a mentor with Donate Life Norhtwest's 'Erase the Wait' program...
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NEWS: - KOIN 6

'Kids at Heart' Customer Donates Kidney to Owner

For about 30 years, Liz Campbell has owned the toy store 'Kids at Heart' on SE Hawthorne in Portland. In her line of work, she's usually the one supplying the presents -- but when she needed a kidney transplant last year, it was one of her customers...
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NEWS: - The Register-Guard

Albany Teen Seeks Second Liver Transplant

Chrystee Houser is hoping for a second miracle. Fifteen years ago, Houser’s son Rhyson was just 10 months old when his failing liver was replaced with a healthy one from a donor. Now, that liver is failing, and Rhyson and his family are hoping for...
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NEWS: - The Register-Guard

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 the...
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NEWS: - The Daily Astorian

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.
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