New Year. New beginnings.
01/13/2025HOPE ON HOLD
For those on the organ transplant waiting list, no feeling compares to receiving the call that the wait is over. Heather Korp still waits for that life-altering phone call.
Heather’s journey has been a challenging one. Because of an autoimmune disease, she developed cirrhosis, a severe liver condition that often requires a patient to receive a transplant. As she anxiously awaits a lifesaving liver transplant, she can’t help but think about the impact the uncertainty has on her son.
“I worry about his feelings,” she admits, concerned about the emotional toll her illness takes on him. “I do not ‘look sick,’ but I feel it and hide it from many.”
Heather also believes most people don’t give organ donation a second thought until a loved one is in need and hopes one day that will change.
As Heather metaphorically sits by the phone, she wants people to know “it makes a big difference in a person’s life knowing someone helped save your life.”
A RESOLUTION TO REGISTER
Welcome, 2025!
Thinking about your resolutions and goals for the upcoming year? There’s one decision that could offer another person a second chance and leave a legacy – registering as an organ and tissue donor.
Your choice to share life has a lasting impact. You have the potential to save up to eight lives and heal 75 more. It’s a decision that may save the lives of those like Heather, or the 104,000+* individuals that wait alongside her in the United States.
It only takes 38 seconds to register, so it could even be the first goal you complete this year! You can sign up when you apply for or renew your driver license or state ID or online now at www.DonateLifeAZ.org, and don’t forget to share your decision with family and friends.
NEW BEGINNINGS
David Axmear embarked on a fresh start when he received a heart transplant in 2015.
Eight years later, he united with Nicole Worrior, the mother of his donor. Nicole got the chance to hear her son’s heart still alive in this world.
“Promise made, promise kept,” Nicole said under her breath as tears rolled down her cheeks.
The two shared laughter as they flipped through a scrapbook Nicole brought with her. David listened closely as she recounted the many stories of her son.
The two plan to meet up once a year as David travels back to Phoenix from Iowa for his annual checkups.
THE TIME IS NOW
The decision to register as an organ and tissue donor is a powerful act. Heather, Nicole and David know this well.
You have a chance to make a difference. Sign up now at www.DonateLifeAZ.org.
*Data as of 1/2/2024