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Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

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.

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Remembering a Sister, an Organ Donor

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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Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

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.

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Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

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.

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Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

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.

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Full Show: Bush Library’s Role In Honoring The Late President, And More Organ Transplant Problems At Baylor St. Luke’s (Dec. 4, 2018)

Posted on December 4, 2018 · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: As a week of mourning continues for former Pres. George H.W. Bush, we learn about the role his presidential library in College Station is playing in memorializing him. We learn about complications for lung and liver transplant patients at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. We find out how Texas is using settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. And James Prince talks about founding Houston-based Rap-A-Lot Records.

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Documentary Examines the World of Organ Transplants and Houston’s Role In It

Posted on September 25, 2018 · Houston Matters talks with the director of "Transplanting Hope" and learns about Houston's role in pioneering organ transplants.

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Full Show: Diversity at the Symphony, And Celebrities and Politics (Sept. 25, 2018)

Posted on September 25, 2018 · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We discuss the significance of a new Coca Cola plant in Houston. We examine the Houston Symphony's efforts to be more diverse. We discuss whether celebrities and athletes should speak out on politics. We learn about a new documentary on organ transplants that features Houston. And a photographer talks about his portraits of the homeless.

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Full Show: Heart Transplant Program Losing Federal Funds, And Lessons From Hurricane Rita (Aug. 17, 2018)

Posted on August 17, 2018 · On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn how the loss of federal funding for the heart transplant program at Baylor St. Luke's will affect patients. We examine the lessons learned from Hurricane Rita. Our non-experts discuss The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week’s news. And we learn how a melting glacier in Iceland could affect Houston.

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Houston Matters

Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

Houston Matters

Remembering a Sister, an Organ Donor

Houston Matters

Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

Houston Matters

Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

Houston Matters

Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents

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