Gift of Life Michigan has announced the return of Donate Life Day at the Zoo. The event will be held on August 13 from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m at the John Ball Zoo.
When it comes to transplants, kidneys are the most common organ Michiganders wait for. The average wait time, though, is well above the national average.
Celebrating the gift of lifeâone woman s life saved by organ donation
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â April is National Donate Life Month, and one woman who has received the gift of life three times is urging others to save others lives in need of transplants.
One day Katy Rozman was your average 7-year-old, and the next her doctors said she might not make it to her next birthday.
â.it wasn t until one morning getting ready in my parents were getting ready to leave for school and my parents kitchen I had a stroke,â says Rozman. âAnd the entire left side of my face went numb as well as my hands and I was drooling.â
Kalamazoo family encouraging people to become organ donors after son s death
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. â In the midst of grief, Terri Pelfresne and Kara Haan say their family grew.
âWeâve got a bigger family now,â said Pelfresne.
Six years ago, the Kalamazoo family lost their son and brother, Adam Carter. Pelfresne says an accident at home left him with a fractured skull.
Pelfresne and Haan describe Carter as artistic, funny, and impactful. They say around 900 people showed up to Carterâs funeral in February 2015.
âHe was very influential within the community,â said Haan. âHe did a lot with theater and the improv comedy like my mom said. He was really loved by everyone and touched so many people.â