SOUTH BEND — Debie Switalski knows how fortunate she is. In November 2008, the South Bend resident’s liver began to fail from undetermined causes and she suddenly found herself fighting for life. It was then Switalski began to realize just what a gift organ donation could be — a gift of life. “You live your …
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At first there were no words, just tears and a deep embrace. For when Jameszetta Taylor met Julie Lewis the first time, what could she say? How to express the gratitude that she had for the mother of the deceased man whose kidney was now hers? And what could Lewis, who lost her youngest son …
Jacob’s father died waiting for an organ. So when time came, Jacob donated his organs. Read More »
A Pennsylvania woman who gave birth to a boy she carried inside a transplanted womb A woman who gave birth to a boy she carried inside a transplanted womb said Thursday that the experimental procedure delivered a “miracle.” Jennifer Gobrecht and her husband, Drew Gobrecht, appeared Thursday at a news conference in Philadelphia. Their child, …
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