Your Kidney Connection

My Name Is: Stacie Becker I am a: Heart Transplant Recipient My Story: Diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy at age 14.  20 first ICD. 21-17 hour major open heart surgery. 6 ICD changes.  December of 2016 listed for transplant. O+ blood, 99% antibodies.  I...

My Name Is: Jameka I am a: Kidney Recipient My Story: 2 time Kidney Transplant Recipient who is honored to be given the gift of life!

I am a: 2 Time Kidney Transplant Recipient My Story: My story started when I was a kid at 13 knowing I had kidney disease.  Months later, my mom wanted to make sure she gave me a normal life, so she gave me one of her kidneys.  That lasted 20 years almost.  Then I...

My Name Is:  Rick Gradisek I am a: Kidney Donor My Story: Over 20 years ago my sister received a kidney + pancreas in summer of 2019.  Her original kidney began to fail.  Through the Starzyl Clinic @UPMC Pittsburgh, I qualified as a 6 for 6 match. After 43 test...

My Name Is: Darryl Ellis I am a: Recipient My Story: I am a double recipient.  I received a liver in January of 2015.  My kidneys shut down during surgery.  I suffered through dialysis for 16 months.  A kidney transplant impacted the quality of my life by 1,000%. ...

My Name Is:  Dennis Stucke I am a: Transplant Recipient 2x My Story: I've been transplanted twice with a kidney - first in 1994 & second in 2011.  In September, it will be 28 years between the two transplants.  My wife & kids have been attending the games...

My Name Is: Alicia Cook I am an: Advocate My Story: I work for Sharp HealthCare and I am a proud supporter of our amazing donors and recipients!

My Name Is: Cheryl Mattingly I am a: Donor Mom My Story: I lost my daughter and two grandkids in a car crash 12-7-09.  Carissa saved 3 lives.  But she saved mine when I heard her heartbeat in a total stranger!  Organ Donation not only saves "Lives" It Saves...