If it asks for a password it is, heart Lynne
Source: Lauren’s Story Please take a moment to watch this incredible video
Month: February 2016
Lauren’s Story Please take a moment to watch this incredible video
If it asks for a password it is, heart
Lynne
Today is the Day Go Red For Women
Lauren was selected to become one of the 2016 Go Red Leading Ladies of Western Ma. Lauren is seated in the front row center. When Lauren was asked she said “It is an honor to be asked and help the American Heart Association in the Go Red campaign to help bring awareness of heart disease in women”.
I am so proud of the women Lauren has become, and is using her life experiences to help others.
Today Lauren is the guest speaker at the event. We had a sneak preview of the video they created for the event, all we can say is, it brought tears to my husband and my eyes.
Below is information about the Go Red For Women Luncheon, please show your support for this wonderful organization.
Where:
Log Cabin
500 East Hampton Road
Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040
Link to Map
When:
Starts:Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:00:00 AM
Ends:Fri, 26 Feb 2016 2:00:00 PM
The western Massachusetts Go Red For Women Luncheon is the American Heart Association’s signature event! Join us for a delicious heart healthy lunch while learning about women’s heart health. The day will include survivor speakers, health screenings, and a keynote speaker. The Go Red For Women movement is dedicated to making an impact in the community through education and fund raising to fight the number one killer of women, heart disease.
To register visit http://www.wmassgored.ahaevents.org
Lynne 
Lauren, one of the Leading Ladies for the Go Red For Women
Lauren, one of the Leading Ladies for the Go Red For Women
Lauren was selected to become one of the 2016 Go Red Leading Ladies of Western Ma. Lauren is seated in the front row center. When Lauren was asked she said “It is an honor to be asked and help the American Heart Association in the Go Red campaign to help bring awareness of heart disease in women”.
Yes I can say, I am a very proud mother.
Also, not only being in the campaign poster, Lauren has been asked to be the guest speaker at the Go Red For Women Luncheon. At the luncheon, before Lauren speaks, there is going to be a video shown of Lauren speaking about what has brought her to be part of this organization. The film crew came here to our home.
Lauren was very nervous, but did an outstanding job. She actually had the director and the film crew in tears talking about her story, her life experiences. Oh hell, she had me in tears also. I cannot what to see the finished video.
I am so proud of the women Lauren has become, and is using her life experiences to help others.
Below is information about the Go Red For Women Luncheon, please show your support for this wonderful organization.
Where:
Log Cabin
500 East Hampton Road
Holyoke, Massachusetts, 01040
Link to Map
When:
Starts:Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:00:00 AM
Ends:Fri, 26 Feb 2016 2:00:00 PM
The western Massachusetts Go Red For Women Luncheon is the American Heart Association’s signature event! Join us for a delicious heart healthy lunch while learning about women’s heart health. The day will include survivor speakers, health screenings, and a keynote speaker. The Go Red For Women movement is dedicated to making an impact in the community through education and fund raising to fight the number one killer of women, heart disease.
To register visit http://www.wmassgored.ahaevents.org
Lynne
Meaning of New Heart=New Beginnings
Meaning of New Heart=New Beginnings
New Heart = New Beginnings
I started this site after Lauren had her heart transplant and we were home. I thought the title was appropriate. New Heart is self explanatory, but New Beginnings takes on it’s own meaning. I never knew what life had in store for us. All I knew was we had a new beginning in life.
It has been a little over two years since Lauren received her new heart. Medically Lauren is doing fantastic. We have had a couple of bumps in the road, but Lauren being Lauren, she has tackled the obstacles and is moving forward in life. I am so proud of the strength she has and is an inspiration to me and anyone she comes in contact with. Lauren is now very active in the American Heart Go Red For Women Association and also Donate Life Organization. Going out with friends, going to the gym, just living life.
In my next post I have some very exciting news about what Lauren has been up to …….
In the past two years, New Beginnings has had it’s ups and downs. When Lauren was in the hospital, as a parent you experienced and have seen things a parent should never have to go through, but when you don’t have a choice, you just do what you need to do.
For the past couple of years, this is what I would see in my mind:
I was always afraid something would happen and we would end up back in the hospital. Always afraid the heart would reject, then having to start the process all over again. Hearing the sounds of the machines, nurses in the room all the time, sleeping on whatever is available. A part of me always lived in fear, for my daughter and myself. Not to mention, my husband who would travel every weekend to be with us.
At the beginning, those feeling are so understandable. When a parent see’s their child in this condition, words cannot describe an emotion you feel. You just pray that this nightmare will be over soon and the two of you will be walking out the hospital doors soon.
Well, it’s been two years now and I can honestly say this vision is finally fading away. Yes it took little over two years for me to believe that, that is our past.
I am writing this to release feeling that I have been harboring within me. You can say this is my release of memories that have given me nightmare, anxiety and the past. I need to put the past in the past and life for the future.
To all my friends that I have pushed aside, I am sorry. My breaking point was when Dean, Lauren and I took a trip to Florida for my sister’s birthday. My mother was there and I can say we got into a conversation about Lauren and how I have been feeling and acting. She told me I probably need counseling, to help me. I got upset and said I didn’t. Well, after that conversation, I did a lot of soul searching and my mother was right. I didn’t get counseling, I thought long and hard about how I have been acting. I had to realize Lauren was OK. She wasn’t going to be rushed to the hospital. Lauren is 25 years old and she doesn’t need her mother worrying all the time about her. Lauren needs to be 25.
Since realizing Lauren is OK, I have been able to think about my life. I need to reconnect to friends I haven spoken with in quite a while. Need to focus on my husband more. Lauren is 25, so my husband and I can start doing more things together as a couple.
With this say, Lynne is moving forward, thanks mom for opening my eyes
I would like to think Lauren and I helped, in bringing awareness
I would like to think Lauren and I helped, in bringing awareness
U.S. organ transplants reach 30K milestone, thanks to increased donations
Posted on January 13, 2016
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/13/us-organ-transplants-reach-30k-milestone-thanks-increased-donations/78695138/
Organ transplants in the United States reached a milestone in 2015, exceeding 30,000 for the first time, a non-profit group reported Wednesday.
Those 30,973 transplants of kidneys, livers and other organs were nearly 5% more than performed in 2014 and came after years of fairly slow, steady increases, said officials with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The network coordinates U.S. transplant activities.
“This landmark achievement is a testament to the generosity of the American public to help others through donation, and their trust in the transplant system to honor their life-saving gift,” the group’s president, Betsy Walsh, said in a statement.
Stepped-up organ donations, rather than any breakthroughs in transplant surgery, likely drove increases in recent years, said David Klassen, the network’s chief medical officer. Transplant centers also have worked to improve logistics, so that fewer donated organs are discarded, he said.
But, he said, the number of people waiting for organs – now 121,700 – “still dwarfs the numbers of donors each year.”
As of Tuesday, 78,122 of the people on the waiting list were considered “active,” meaning they are eligible for transplant right away. People may move on and off the active list as their health fluctuates, Klassen said. Most are waiting for kidneys, which can come from living or deceased donors.
Each day, about 22 people die while waiting for organs, the network says.
“It’s great news that the number of transplants continues to increase each year,” saidJennifer Martin, vice president for constituent services at the National Kidney Foundation, a non-profit advocacy group. “But there’s still a lot of work to do to get organs for everyone who needs them.”
“We could save thousands of more lives each year if more Americans would just take a little time to register as donor, talk to their families about their wishes,” and encourage others to do the same, said David Fleming, CEO of Donate Life America, a non-profit group that runs a national registry at DonateLife.net. Registries also are maintained by every state and listed at organdonor.gov.
Details from the 2015 transplant data:
• 81% of transplanted organs came from deceased donors.
• The share of donors and recipients who were African American or Hispanic continued to increase – important because they are over-represented on transplant waiting lists. Nearly 22% of recipients were African American and 15.5% were Hispanic.
• Kidneys accounted for nearly 58% of transplants, followed by livers (23%), hearts (9%) and lungs (7%).
Posted in Community News, News
Donate Life America Announces 2015 James S. Wolf, M.D., Courage Award Winner
Posted on October 30, 2015 by cnews
RICHMOND, October 19, 2015 – Donate Life America (DLA), a national non-profit organization committed to increasing the number of donated organs, eyes and tissue available to save and heal lives, while continuing to develop a culture where donation is embraced as a fundamental human responsibility, will present David Fleming, Senior Writer, ESPN The Magazine, with the James S. Wolf, M.D., Courage Award tomorrow at DLA’s annual meeting in New Orleans, LA.
The James S. Wolf, M.D., Courage Award is named in honor of the transplant surgeon pioneer who founded the Coalition on Donation (now Donate Life America). The award is presented annually to an individual outside the professional donation and transplantation community, who has played a significant national role in helping to educate the public about organ, eye and tissue donation and promoting donor registration.
ESPN The Magazine writer David Fleming’s interest in tissue donation was piqued with a single phrase: “cadaver tissue.” Dave wondered what it meant. After some initial research, he called AlloSource, a tissue bank in Centennial, Colorado, to see if he could learn more about tissue donation. He went above and beyond, asking questions and learning about a very complex process. His experience is detailed in his online and print piece, “Carson Palmer’s Lasting Connection,” featured in ESPN The Magazine, one of the most popular magazines in the U.S. – read by 15 million people per issue.
Dave also flew to Illinois to further his understanding of the organ and tissue procurement side of donation. He met with Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, a donor family and a tissue recipient so he could see firsthand how donation affects people on both sides of this meaningful process. These meetings informed a new piece of the story, “Tissue Donation is the Ultimate Gift,” an article that ran online and was very positively received. Many people commented on both articles that they would like to see more pieces like these from ESPN and that the story was important and exceptionally well told.
The social media reach of Dave’s article, “Carson Palmer’s Lasting Connection,” included 24,000 shares and over 180 comments, for example:
“Thank you for running this story, I’m a kidney transplant recipient and without a transplant would probably not be here at all. The public needs to hear these stories so they will consider becoming a donor. It’s the greatest gift you can give or leave when you die. You have the power to save someone’s life.”
“Every sports fan, nope make that every human being, ought to make certain that box is checked on your driver’s license. It won’t cost you a thing, and as science progresses more and more people will benefit, from a single donor. I’ve also had multiple knee surgeries, and as a USC alum I’ve always been a fan of CP. Big thanks to Mrs. Hyde for her most gracious gift. I’d like to think a part Julie lives on, in Carson and those touched by your kindness.”
Dave has now encouraged those inside and outside the sports industry to stop using outdated terminology and to use “donor tissue” instead – language that honors and respects the gift given by the donor and donor family.
Dave educated a new audience about donation, worked tirelessly to ensure this story would reach as many people as possible. For his outreach and commitment to educate the public about organ, eye and tissue donation, DLA is honored to present David Fleming with this year’s James S. Wolf, M.D., Courage Award.
About Donate Life America
Donate Life America is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and Donate Life State Teams across the United States committed to increasing the number of donated organs, eyes and tissue available to save and heal lives. Donate Life America manages and promotes the national brand for donation, Donate LifeSM; develops and executes effective multi-media donor education programs; motivates the American public to register now as organ, eye and tissue donors; and assists Donate Life State Teams and national partners in facilitating high-performing donor registries.
Lynne 
UNITED STATES ORGAN WAIT LIST (CANDIDATES) March 25, 2015
UNITED STATES ORGAN WAIT LIST (CANDIDATES) March 25, 2015
TOTAL CANDIDATES 122,579
KIDNEY: 101,283
LIVER: 15,108
PANCREAS: 1,044
KIDNEY/ PANCREAS: 1,957
HEART: 4,205
LUNG: 1,544
HEART/LUNG: 49
INTESTINE: 273
This picture is my favorite picture, the day my daughter and I walked out of the hospital after her heart transplant. My goal is to make sure more families are able to take the same picture. To walk out of the hospital with their loved one.
An organ transplant saved my daughter’s life. You have the power to SAVE up to 8 lives. Register to be an organ donor today!
SOURCE: UNOS data accessed November 11, 2015
Please consider registering to become an organ donor.
http://www.donatelife.com
lynne 
new heart = new beginnings 