Thanks to Their Daughter’s Heart Transplant A Washington COTA Family is Celebrating American Heart Month
February 3, 2025 — February is the month to celebrate love and hearts. Since 1964, February has been known as American Heart Month throughout the United States. For the Gergen family of Duvall, Washington, February truly is a month to celebrate selfless gifts from the heart. Their daughter, Arden, is alive and able to celebrate…
January is National Blood Donor Month: A Pennsylvania Transplant Family is Celebrating Blood Donors and Organ Donors
January 6, 2025 — The Children’s Organ Transplant Association is a national nonprofit with a powerful tagline — The Trusted Leader Supporting Families … For a Lifetime. Founded in 1986, COTA will soon be celebrating four decades of standing by this promise. A Pennsylvania family’s transplant journey, which has significant January milestones, is a living…
Indiana Boy Receives the Best Gift — A New Kidney and a Second Chance at Life
December 2, 2024 — December is the month when many families focus on gifts. For an Indiana transplant family, December is the month to celebrate the ultimate gift — the gift of life. Mary Hannah and Kalyan Gorantla are stepping into December focusing on their son’s fifth birthday on December 2nd and his two-year transplant…
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November is Diabetes Awareness Month & National Family Caregivers Month: A COTA Family is Grateful for a Cutting-Edge Transplant
November 1, 2024 — November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and the Noud family of Illinois is celebrating the four-year anniversary of their son’s cutting-edge transplant that required extensive caregiving by his parents to get him to where he is today. The family was told that while this somewhat new transplant would likely eliminate much of…
October is Liver Awareness Month: A COTA Family is Celebrating Their Daughter’s Now Healthy Liver and Their Donor Family’s Selfless Decision
October 1, 2024 — October is Liver Awareness Month, which is the month touted by the American Liver Foundation to raise public awareness of the importance of liver health. More than 30 million Americans, or one in 10 Americans, suffer with some form of liver disease. This October, a Midwest transplant family is celebrating their…
A Colorado Transplant Family’s Journey Started in 2006
Their Son Is Off to College Thanks to Two Liver Transplants in 2015 and 2022 September 3, 2024 — The Children’s Organ Transplant Association is a national nonprofit with a powerful tagline … The Trusted Leader Supporting Families … For a Lifetime. Founded in 1986, COTA will soon be celebrating four decades of standing by…
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