Never, ever underestimate the power of music to heal and give hope. In the case of one precious lady, it’s Carrie Underwood’s powerful and inspiring anthem “Jesus Take The Wheel” that keeps her motivated during her devastating health battle. Twenty-four...

When AmberJean Hansen learned an anonymous woman wanted to donate her liver to Hansen’s now 4-year-old daughter, she was thrilled, but cautious. Hansen had tried to donate her own liver to her daughter, Penelope, who was born with a rare...

Because of the high cost of their medications, transplant patients frequently are confronted with difficult-to-impossible choices in figuring out how to obtain and pay for the drugs they need. That’s according to National Foundation for...

Each year, volunteers come together to hold a motorcycle run in memory of Mike Friedel, a local firefighter, hero and organ donor who passed away in 2012. The proceeds of this bike run go to the National Foundation for Transplants to help...

The Memphis-based National Foundation for Transplants serves about 3,500 clients each year, and since its establishment in 1983 has distributed more than $80 million to pay for transplant-related expenses, in addition to promoting and...

Nearly 20 years have passed since Patricia Watford found a new lease on life thanks to a double transplant operation. After a life full of medical problems, Watford’s life took a dramatic turn in March of 1998 when an 11-hour medical procedure...

Robert Jackson has had trouble breathing his whole life, and 10 years ago doctors figured out why. In 2005, Jackson, 39, was diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis, a disease that causes small lumps to develop on organs. In Jackson's case, the...