Wake Forest University's slogan for their baseball team in 2011 is
'What are you willing to sacrifice to help make this team better?' "Head coach Tom Walter's intent was to have his players thinking about sacrifice bunts, moving runners over, and giving up personal glory to help the Demon Deacons improve as a team. But what Walter chose to sacrifice is greater than simply hanging in on a curve ball and taking one for the team.
Walter gave up a kidney."
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posted by zarq
on Feb 13, 2011 -
6 comments
65_RedRoses is Eva Markvoort’s online handle—chosen because red is her favourite colour, and because when she was little, 65 Roses was how she said Cystic Fibrosis, the genetic disease she’s battled her whole life. Her wait for a double lung transplant, and her online friendship with two other young women battling CF are documented in the
award-winning film
65_RedRoses.
After receiving her lung transplant two years, Eva has since had to battle with
chronic rejection.
Eva made an video on Feb 11th,
announcing that things have taken a turn for the
worse. As friends and family wait with her, every
extra day becomes a gift and brings new
hope.
posted by stray
on Feb 21, 2010 -
14 comments
Trial by Transplant. "Most transplant recipients are grateful beyond measure.
Amy Silverstein's view, after nearly two decades with a donated heart, is more conflicted and often bleak. Much of her life, as described in
Sick Girl, has revolved around nauseating drugs, ongoing fatigue, painful tests, ER visits and hospitalizations without end—and the constant fear that the next heartbeat could be her last. At low ebb, she has teetered on the edge of giving up."
posted by homunculus
on Jan 7, 2008 -
35 comments
All your face are belong to us. 16-yr-old Irish girl looks set to receive the world's first face transplant, it has been reported. Right now it's a medical procedure, but do you think we ever see a day where people grow face replacements for cosmetic purposes?
posted by piskycritter
on Apr 7, 2003 -
22 comments
Face transplant surgery appears to be nearing reality. A
conference taking place this week will discuss the issue, which is not without controversy. How would you feel about a loved one who had been severely disfigured getting a new and different face? Would you be willing to
donate your face after you had died?
posted by CoolHandPuke
on Nov 27, 2002 -
32 comments
One of the Marine Corps' greatest living heroes was dying. A donor liver had been found, but he might not live long enough to get it. Who ya gonna call?
Semper Fidelis.
posted by swell
on Aug 28, 2002 -
56 comments
