During A Record Breaking Year for Transplants, Donors Chose To Financially Give To NFT
The year 2019 was the 7th consecutive record-breaking year for transplants. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) close to 40,000 transplants were performed nationwide with nearly 7,400 of those being “living donor” transplants. The number of...
Living Donors — Whether Family, Friends or Altruistic Are On The Rise
Living donors are transforming organ and tissue donations in the United States. While transplants from living donors have been around for a while, many transplant patients are unfamiliar with this option. Transplant centers are empowering patients through education...
Jacksonville resident in need of kidney transplant
Jacksonville resident Dawn De Leon believes there are angels without wings and she has faith that there is one in the form of a kidney donor who can save her life. “I have really strong faith and I feel someone is going to come forward and be a donor,” De...
Meet the family who is clinging to a Carrie Underwood anthem for hope
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...
Breakfast in Bethel to raise money for 4-year-old girl with liver disease
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...
Good Shepherd, Transplant Foundation Team to Provide Low-Cost Medication
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...
National Foundation for Transplants and Jefferson woman to benefit from motorcycle run
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...
National Foundation for Transplants Looks to Expand Beyond Memphis HQ
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...
‘Miracles of March’
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...
Memphians await life-saving transplants with the help of a local non-profit
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...
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