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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.

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.

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...

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.

Emily had never met the woman who owned the local toy store she frequented, but when Emily heard Liz needed a kidney, she volunteered to be tested. Today, Liz is living a full life with the help of one of Emily's kidneys.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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