Organ Donation

J.C.’s heart was transplanted into a sixty-two year old man. He is married and has two grown daughters. He is doing well.

The recipient of his liver is a sixty-six year old man. He is married. He has six children and is a retired fire chief. He has recovered nicely. Click here to read a letter from his wife.

J.C.’s right kidney recipient is a thirty five year old married woman she is a teacher and has two children of her own. The left kidney was transplanted into a woman who is forty-two years of age. She is married, a homemaker and has two natural sons and one stepson. Both kidney recipients are doing well also.

The LifeBanc recovery team was able to recover saphenous veins. This tissue was transplanted into those patients requiring bypass surgery. The LifeBanc recovery team also recovered superficial femoral vessels. This tissue was transplanted into patients with circulatory disorders.