I was diagnosed with a dilated cardiopathy at the age of 18.  The symptoms varied; mainly I was having frequent fainting spells, and had to undergo several tests to determine the root cause of these symptoms. After a few years it was understood that the heart muscle was expanding at a slow pace. However, everything […]

My name is James. I am 58 years old and I see myself as being a down-to-earth person with a scope in life…to be happy and to make others happy in my own simple ways. This is my story……. Fourteen years ago, Dave, my brother-in-law, was diagnosed with end stage renal failure. For those of […]

When my husband and I had registered and signed as organ donors back in November of 1996, little did we know that 20 years later we would be faced with putting that signature again in the most grievous of circumstances: to give our consent to donate the organs of our beautiful 20 year old son […]