“Maria was born the queen bee,” remembers Susie Diaz fondly. Her little girl was the youngest of three, with two older brothers aged 7 and 9 at her birth in December of 1981. “She was just so cute, and much more feisty than our boys.” The queen bee stayed close to her hive at first,…
For Wallace Green, prevention would have made all the difference. “I had kidney disease at a very young age and of course, I wasn’t aware of it,” said Wallace, now 64 and a two-time kidney recipient. “It wasn’t until my kidneys started to fail that I knew there was a problem.” In his retirement, the…
A good friend gives you what you need when you need it. A great friend accepts that rule with no limitations. Mary Stokes has such a friend in Heather Cordasco, and that friendship saved one life and inspired countless others. When Mary’s persistent kidney disease took a sharp turn for the worse in 2016, she…
Sometimes a family gets the call and sometimes, they’re right there when it happens. Margo Gill was there when her son Logan suffered a fatal accident just before his third birthday. “I was doing CPR on him before EMS showed up and I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to get a miracle,” she said.…
Gwen Mutter knows that being a mother is one of life’s greatest gifts. Her daughter, Stephanie Green, found that out as well after adopting a newborn baby girl in early 2012. What both of them understood was that to give your child everything is as powerful a desire as the fear you have of outliving…
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