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A new kidney and a Super Bowl trophy
In five months, Hugh Macdonald went from needing a kidney to holding the Lombardi Trophy with his son. The father of Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald — whose team defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 — developed kidney disease after battling hypertension for years. The diagnosis came as a surprise to the 76-year-old Army veteran, a 1971 graduate of West Point, after a nephrologist had assured him not to worry about his kidneys. View full story
Navy veteran seeks kidney donor after years on dialysis
TEMPERANCE, Mich. — A Navy veteran in Temperance is asking the community for help as he continues a years-long search for a kidney donor. William Horton III, 59, a Toledo native and Scott High School graduate, has spent much of the past six years attached to dialysis machines, a demanding routine that keeps him alive but limits nearly every aspect of his daily life. View full story
Air Force Veteran becomes dual organ donor to save fellow veterans
ELICOTT CITY, Md. — Service and sacrifice don’t always stop when the uniform comes off. For Howard County veteran Lindsay Gutierrez, service meant something even greater—giving part of herself to save others. View full story
Double Organ Donor to Pin-Up Model, Air Force Veteran Keeps Changing Lives
To say Lindsay Gutierrez is in rare company is an extreme understatement. Being a deployed veteran already puts her in rarified air, but the fact that she’s one of only 280 people in the U.S. to be a double organ donor places her among a very small and elite group. But that’s exactly what Gutierrez, an Air Force veteran, did after serving six years in the military, donating one of her kidneys to a fellow veteran, and giving 40 percent of her liver to save the life of an anonymous patient. View full story
‘An honor to give back’: NJ organization connects veterans with organ donors
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Over 103,000 Americans are on the national transplant waiting list, according to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. Of that number, 90,000 patients alone are desperately waiting for a kidney. Kidneys are the most needed organ. Donor Outreach for Veterans (DOVE), a New Jersey-based organization, connects living donors with veterans in need of transplants. View full story
Save those who saved us
We have all heard the phrase, “You don’t know until you know.” Sometimes, we choose to remain unaware because gaining knowledge requires effort. Often, we avoid issues that don’t seem to impact our lives or those we love—until they do. View full story