2nd Chance Run
The LifeGift 2nd Chance Run honors organ, eye, and tissue donors in 109 Texas counties in North, Southeast, and West Texas.
While celebrating the lives saved and offering hope to those still waiting, the event raises awareness of the need for organ, eye, and tissue donation across the state.
Heart Exchange Support Group
CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF SERVICE
A supportive network to help in a time of need for patients and family members...The primary purpose of the Heart Exchange is to provide emotional support for transplant patients (Heart, Kidney, Liver, and Lungs) during the difficult wait for a donor organ and to support those who have received transplants at CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas and other centers. The Heart Exchange is open to everyone!
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We'd love to hear from you
Terry is a heart transplant receipient. Terry has been providing a Recipe every other Week to us for the past few months. As we all know, waiting for a transplant or being a transplant recipient requires maintaining a healthy diet.
If you have a transplant healthy recipe, please submit it to Terry. We look forward to hearing from you!!!
What We Do
OVER
$600,000 in Grants
Research Support
60
+ Meetings & Activities/year (including virtual)
37
YEARS
25
+ ACTIVE MEMBERS
Resources
The Heart Exchange exists for the benefit of transplant patients, their families and loved ones!
The Heart Exchange exists for the benefit of transplant patients (Heart, Kidney, Liver, and Lung)
Members are transplant recipients, assist device recipients, those in need of transplants or devices, their families and friends and the nurses who work with them. Its members are also volunteers...
We’ve been where you are. We know what its like to be told, “You need a transplant.”
We know what its like to wait and we know what its like when the wait is over. The life ahead of you can be wonderful. And we would like to share our perspective with you. Just contact us or If you are a patient at CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas, just tell your nurse that you’d like us to visit and we will be there.