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Photo of Tracy, heart recipient, and infant, Trent
Tracy
(and Trent!)
Heart Recipient

Tracy was an active, vibrant college student when she developed heart problems. Four years after the initial diagnosis, Tracy went on the national transplant waiting list. She was dying.

“I was frightened,” Tracy said. “I was worried for my family, and especially for my dad.” Her mother had died earlier, and upon her death had donated a kidney and both her corneas. Now her daughter, Tracy, needed this same generosity of another to live.

One month after being placed on the transplant waiting list, Tracy got the call — and a new heart.

Tracy thinks of her donor often and remembers the gifts her mom gave as well. “I feel a tremendous responsibility to this heart,” Tracy says. “None of this could have happened without the generous gift one family gave to me.”

Newsletters and Publications

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Coalition for Life Quarterly

A quarterly newsletter from the organ, tissue and eye donation agencies.

If you would like to receive Coalition for Life Quarterly, please contact Lisa Miller at millerli@ohsu.edu.

If you have any comments or suggestions for this newsletter, please contact us at pntb@pntb.org.

Partners in Healing

A twice-yearly newsletter for the families of organ donors.

If you would like to receive Partners in Healing, please contact Nancy Gowen (gowenn@ohsu.edu).

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General Information

For general information about donation, information on how to get a donor card or to request a speaker, please contact Donate Life Northwest at 503.404.7888 or visit their Web site at www.donatelifenw.org.

Issues and Comment

If you would like to contact PNTB concerning a current donation-related topic for comment or perspective, please contact Mike Seely at 503.494.5560 or by e-mail at seelym@ohsu.edu.