Organ recipient shares story of hope during National Donate Life Month

LEADING THE WAY. APRIL IS NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S A TIME TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGAN DONATION, AND A TIME TO TELL THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF IT. 바카라게임 NEWS FIVE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S ANCHOR ASHLEY KIRKLEN, HAS THE STORY OF A LOCAL WOMAN. SHE SAYS THAT HER LIFE SAVING TRANSPLANT WAS A MIRACLE. SANDY KOENIG JUST CELEBRATED TWO YEARS SINCE RECEIVING A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC. IN 2016, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S A CONDITION THAT CAUSED SCARRING IN HER LUNGS AND MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HER TO BREATHE. SHE SAYS HER STORY IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT AHEAD TO BECOME A DONOR. TO ME, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S LIKE A GIFT FROM GOD. IT REALLY IS. I MEAN, WITH A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S HARD FOR 70 YEAR OLD SANDY KOENIG TO PUT INTO WORDS THE GRATITUDE SHE HAS FOR THE LIFE SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S ABLE TO LIVE TODAY. SEEING MY GRANDDAUGHTER BEING BORN AND WE바카라 게임 웹사이트�RE GETTING WE바카라 게임 웹사이트�RE BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE AN ORGAN DONOR GAVE SANDY A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE AFTER YEARS OF DEALING WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH, COUGHING FITS AND ULTIMATELY, PNEUMONIA. SANDY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PULMONARY FIBROSIS BY 2022. THE ONCE ACTIVE MOM AND GRANDMOTHER HAD TO CARRY AROUND A PORTABLE OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR WITH HER AT ALL TIMES. I COULDN바카라 게임 웹사이트�T WALK ACROSS THE ROOM FROM HERE TO THE DOOR WITHOUT STOPPING. A DOCTOR SHE WAS SEEING AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC DECIDED IT WAS TIME SHE BE PUT ON THE LIST TO RECEIVE A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT. THANKFULLY FOR SANDY AND HER FAMILY, THE PROCESS MOVED FAST. SHE GOES, WE MAY HAVE A SET OF LUNGS FOR YOU. AND I WENT, WHAT? THIS IS A WEEK LATER. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�VE ONLY BEEN ON THE LIST FOR A WEEK. I KNOW I WAS JUST LIKE CRAZY. AND I SAID, YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트�VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. ROBERT WINTER, VICE PRESIDENT OF TISSUE SERVICES AT NETWORK FOR HOPE, KNOWS THE IMPACT ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION CAN HAVE ON THE DONOR바카라 게임 웹사이트�S FAMILY. WE ARE APPROACHING FAMILIES ON ONE OF THE WORST DAYS THAT THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트�RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE, AND TO GIVE THEM THE ABILITY OR THE HOPE THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS THROUGH DONATION. IS IS IMPACTFUL. SANDY SAYS SHE바카라 게임 웹사이트�LL NEVER FORGET THE LIFE SAVING GIFT FROM HER DONOR. WHY ME AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON바카라 게임 웹사이트�T MAKE IT? I DON바카라 게임 웹사이트�T KNOW. AND SO I FIGURE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME. NOT TO GET RELIGIOUS OR ANYTHING, BUT GOD바카라 게임 웹사이트�S NOT DONE WITH YOU YET. BECOMING AN ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONOR GIVES HOPE TO THE 100,000 PEOPLE ON THE NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST, WHO ARE WAITING FOR A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ORGAN DONATION IN THIS STORY ON OUR

April is National Donate Life Month in the United States, allowing people to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s also a time to tell the stories of people who are living today because of organ donation.Sandy Koenig just celebrated two years since receiving a double lung transplant at the Cleveland Clinic.In 2016, Koenig was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that caused scarring in her lungs and made it difficult to breathe.She said her story of survival is made possible because of someone who thought ahead to become a donor.바카라 게임 웹사이트�To me, it's like a gift from God. It really is,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koenig said.With a flood of emotions, it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s hard for the 70-year-old Koenig to put into words the gratitude she has for the life she lives.It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s all because of an organ donor who gave Sandy a second chance at life.By 2022, the once active mom and grandmother had to always carry around a portable oxygen concentrator.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I couldn't walk across the room, from here to the door, without stopping,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koenig said.A doctor she was seeing at the Cleveland Clinic decided it was time that Koenig be put on the list to receive a double lung transplant. Thankfully for Sandy and her family, the process moved fast.바카라 게임 웹사이트�She goes, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We may have a set of lungs for you.바카라 게임 웹사이트� And I went, 'What?'바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koenig said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is a week later. I've only been on the list for a week, and I said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�You've got to be kidding me.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Robert Winter, vice president of tissue services at Network for Hope, knows the impact that organ and tissue donation can have on a family.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We are approaching families on one of the worst days that they're going to experience and to give them the ability or the hope that they can make the difference in the lives of others through donation is impactful,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Winter said.Koenig said she will never forget the lifesaving gift from her donor.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Why me and so many other people who don't make it?바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koenig asked. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I don't know, and so I figured, somebody said one time 바카라 게임 웹사이트� not to get religious or anything 바카라 게임 웹사이트� but God's not done with you yet.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Becoming an organ, eye and tissue donor gives hope to 100,000 people on the National Organ Transplant waiting list, who are waiting for a second chance at life.

CINCINNATI —

April is National Donate Life Month in the United States, allowing people to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.

It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s also a time to tell the stories of people who are living today because of organ donation.

Sandy Koenig just celebrated two years since receiving a double lung transplant at the Cleveland Clinic.

In 2016, Koenig was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that caused scarring in her lungs and made it difficult to breathe.

She said her story of survival is made possible because of someone who thought ahead to become a donor.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�To me, it's like a gift from God. It really is,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koenig said.

With a flood of emotions, it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s hard for the 70-year-old Koenig to put into words the gratitude she has for the life she lives.

It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s all because of an organ donor who gave Sandy a second chance at life.

By 2022, the once active mom and grandmother had to always carry around a portable oxygen concentrator.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I couldn't walk across the room, from here to the door, without stopping,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koenig said.

A doctor she was seeing at the Cleveland Clinic decided it was time that Koenig be put on the list to receive a double lung transplant. Thankfully for Sandy and her family, the process moved fast.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�She goes, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We may have a set of lungs for you.바카라 게임 웹사이트� And I went, 'What?'바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koenig said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is a week later. I've only been on the list for a week, and I said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�You've got to be kidding me.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Robert Winter, vice president of tissue services at Network for Hope, knows the impact that organ and tissue donation can have on a family.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�We are approaching families on one of the worst days that they're going to experience and to give them the ability or the hope that they can make the difference in the lives of others through donation is impactful,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Winter said.

Koenig said she will never forget the lifesaving gift from her donor.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Why me and so many other people who don't make it?바카라 게임 웹사이트� Koenig asked. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I don't know, and so I figured, somebody said one time 바카라 게임 웹사이트� not to get religious or anything 바카라 게임 웹사이트� but God's not done with you yet.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Becoming an gives hope to 100,000 people on the National Organ Transplant waiting list, who are waiting for a second chance at life.

Organ recipient shares story of hope during National Donate Life Month

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