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Tag: Life Gift

Houston Matters

Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

Abner Fletcher

Posted on February 27, 2018 · A man who received a heart transplant talks about meeting the parents of the young man whose heart he now carries.

Tags heart transplant Life Gift organ donation organ donor organ transplants Randy Creech

Houston Matters

Remembering a Sister, an Organ Donor

Michael Hagerty

Posted on June 27, 2017 · Houstonian Karen Abercrombie talks about her sister, Julie De Rossi. In 2004, Julie died in a car accident with a drunk driver at the age of 44. As an organ donor, Julie’s tissues and organs were able to benefit between 35 and 80 patients, Karen says. MORE: Out of Despair, the Gift of Life (Houstonia […]

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Houston Matters

Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 31, 2016 · We meet Randy Creech, a Houston man who received a heart transplant 25 years ago. He tells the story of meeting the parents of the young man who gave him his heart.

Tags heart transplant Life Gift organ donors organ transplants Randy Creech

Houston Matters

Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

Michael Hagerty

Posted on December 1, 2015 · We meet Randy Creech, a Houston man who received a heart transplant 25 years ago. He tells the story of meeting the parents of the young man who gave him his heart.

Tags heart transplant Life Gift organ donors organ transplants Randy Creech

Houston Matters

Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

Michael Hagerty

Posted on June 23, 2015 · We meet Randy Creech, a Houston man who received a heart transplant 25 years ago. He tells the story of meeting the parents of the young man who gave him his heart.

Tags heart transplant Life Gift organ donors organ transplants Randy Creech

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