Medicine. And dr. Flavia walton, a kidney don donor, an organ donor who has done tremendous things. Thank you all first of all for coming. Youre a double lung recipient, nine year who doesnt look one. I definitely am. How you . Im doing wonderful. I work, i do exercise, involved in the community and the church. My husband and i are guardian of the 14yearold nephew. So life is great. No one would ever know the ordeal you went through. No. If you didnt know me back then you wouldnt know what i endured. How long were you waiting . I moved to durham, north carolina, in january of 2006 in preparation and i was listed on march 7th and i received the call on march 13th. Dr. Callender, that would be a miracle. Doesnt happen like that often. I dont know of instances where you only wait a week so thats wonderful. Theres good news in the district regarding donors. You have worked in the trenches for decades now to raise awareness to spread the word to reorient people, to educate people. And final
And we have two people who are familiar with organ transplants. There are 1600 people waiting here for all kinds of organs. Of both groups. Half are minorities. We have a predid i liks for high Blood Pressure and diabetes. Why are we so disproportionately affected in the face of a barrage of information, campaigns, education efforts, beatings from our doctors and family members about changing our diets, lifestyles . Loving yourself and taking care yourself is what we preach and thats not what we practice, somehow we have to get those closer together so we actually walk the walk. Rg list still only 20 are donors. How much progress are you making in getting those numbers up . Weve come a long way. For example, i can tell you we per million were africanamerican. The problem is were so disproportionately zpkcafflicte. Our campaign is to get it up to 40 . Thats asking a lot, but something we need to do because it will save live. David, i want to go to you and alyssa ill come to you next. Da
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