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National Donate Life Month: Advocates discuss the importance of organ, tissue donation
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Calallen Head Soccer Coach Sarah Pipkin-Love talks about getting the gift of life
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By: Katia Uriarte
and last updated 2021-04-01 15:54:00-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â April 1 kicks off National Donate Life Month.
Itâs a way to help encourage you to register as an organ or even tissue donor. Right now, 10,000 Texans are on a waiting list.
One lucky and very grateful recipient is Sarah Pipkin-Love, who received a heart in 2010.
âI picked up the phone they said âHey, this is Mark with the Heart Transplant Clinic in San Antonio and we believe we found you a heart, â recalls Pipkin-Love.
Southwest Transplant Alliance introduces new Corporate Headquarters and The Legacy Center
New state-of-the-art corporate campus includes organ and tissue recovery facility to help save more lives
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DALLAS, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In a virtual ceremony, Southwest Transplant Alliance (STA) announced the opening of its new corporate campus and dedicated the space to those who give the gift of life through organ and tissue donation. The site includes a state-of-the-art organ and tissue recovery center, appropriately named The Legacy Center. In this space, organ and tissue recovery procedures are performed, and donors leave a lasting legacy in the lives of others. The Legacy Center is the newest facility devoted to organ and tissue recovery in the nation and supports STA s standing as a top-performing organ procurement organization in the country.
Local woman highlights importance of organ donation
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Kay Laughlin lost her son in 2005. She chose to have his organs donated, and those organs saved the lives of seven people.
and last updated 2020-12-10 09:57:26-05
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â Kay Laughlin lost her son in 2005. While he was on life support, Laughlin said she didnât want her sonâs organs to be donated.
âEverything happened so quick, I said no. No, no, no, no,â she said.
However, after conferring with her oldest son, Shawn, she decided to have his organâs donated upon his passing.
Her sonâs organs went to save seven people, she met one of those people in 2016. Hearing from the man whose life was saved thanks to her son opened her eyes more to the impact her decision made.
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