Our Stories...
...Our members
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...
Alejandro Mata
Heart Transplant - 07/2007
My name is Alejandro Mata and I am from Venezuela (South America). In September 2005...
Glynn Paul Broussard
Heart Transplant - 02/2012
My name is Glynn Paul Broussard. I was born on April 5, 1958, 54 years ago, in Abbeville, Louisiana. After graduating
John Price
Heart Transplant - 09/1995
I had heart problems most of my adult life. My first documented heart attack was at age 28 ...
Kim Fingerlin Coulter
Heart Transplant - 11/2012
I knew my Grandmother passed from heart disease. I knew my mother suffered from heart disease.
Morris Claing
Heart Transplant - 10/2009
At the age of 56 and the Day of October 21, 2009, I had a Heart Transplant.
Violet Brabham
Heart Transplant - 10/2007
I never suspected that my heart was bad and I had never known
Brandy Parker
Heart Transplant -07/2011
My name is Brandy Parker, and I was diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy in August of 2008.
James 'Jim' Milton Gibson
Heart Transplant- 09/1996
I have lived in the Greater Houston Area since ‘67. I moved here from Washington ...
Kathryn Gentry
Heart Transplant - 05/2009
In 1966 I was diagnosed with Congenital Mitral Stenosis by Dr. Robert Leachman. I had ...
Linda Statts
Heart Transplant - 02/2002
I have always been a very active, work-a-holic type of a person, very health conscience...
Nigeria Evans
Heart Transplant - 12/2009
I, Nigeria Evans received my heart transplant on December 22, 2009 and I am blessed
Rebecca Holder
Heart/Double Lung Transplant - 10/1999
I was born with cyanotic congenital heart disease,ASD, VSD, transposition of the great vessels, and pulmonary stenosis.
Charlotte Judd
Heart Transplant - 02/2007
My story begins at age 3 months when I was diagnosed with congenital cardiomyopathy.
John H Guidry
Heart Transplant - 05/2000
In the fall of 1997, I began to experience dizziness. After being evaluated by my primary care ...
Kevin Spencer
Heart Transplant - 09-1992 & 03/2011
Kevin‘s parents were told when he was five that he most likely wouldn’t live to see 12,
Mary Ross
Heart Transplant - 08/1999
When I was twelve, I went to a church festival and spent a quarter to have a gypsy read...
Peter Dodd
Heart Transplant - 11/2011
One beautiful afternoon in April of 1999, I was out doing my routine 6-mile run
Shawn Galloway
Heart Transplant - 09/2011
On Sept. 20, 2011, 39-year-old Shawn Galloway was given new life