Organ Transplants

Inspired gift: Calling to donate kidney unites two strangers (11/30/09)
A central Iowa man had given up hope for receiving a kidney from a live donor. His kidneys were all but destroyed by a genetic disease and he was spending more than 12 hours each week in dialysis just to survive. There were no donor matches available among his family and friends...

'Well Aware' health fair is Wednesday (10/12/09)
Area residents can learn more about health-related services and programs in the Le Mars community and surrounding area by attending the "Well Aware" Community Health Fair Wednesday. The fair, sponsored by Floyd Valley Hospital, will be held from 2-6 p.m. at the Le Mars Convention Center upper level. The Well Aware Community Health Fair is free of charge...

Benefit breakfast set for Scott Williams (02/27/09)

Quilt squares honor, remember organ donors (11/04/08)
Individual squares on the patchwork quilt tell a story of unselfish love and caring for people. Those are the squares that make up the "Quilt of Memories," often called an Iowa Donor Network (IDN) quilt, and it remembers the lives of those who died but through organ donations live on in others...

Starzl lights flame of hope at Transplant Games (07/15/08)
The athletes who took the field for the 2008 U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh, Penn. -- all recipients of organ transplants -- each carried a story marked by trial and triumph. So did the man who, during the opening ceremonies, lit the games' symbolic flame...

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