Mark Scotch is just a few days into his journey to Texas from California on “The Organ Trail.” A journey that will take him 1,361 miles and bring awareness to post organ donation functionality.
UPDATE: Exclusive: Local Viewer Offers Kidney to Cathedral City Man in Need of Transplant We first met Marco Curiel last week after Desert Wraps, a local business gave him a free advertisement for his car to help him find a kidney donor. We asked him to stop by to show us the finished wrap, little […]
Right now, more than 100,000 people are on the organ-donation waiting list of those people, 23,000 are from California. One Legacy said the simple check of a box to be an organ donor can save up to eight lives. What can be difficult is making that decision for a loved one. Many times, that decision […]
The miracle 13-year-old Codi Pelton has been waiting for, for over two years has is beating strong inside her chest. “It gave me a second chance at life instead of just being able to do small things, I can now do really big things,” says Codi. And by big things she means helping others, “To help other […]
A 16-year-old girl shot by her mother while she slept has died, and her organ donation will save the lives of eight people, officials with the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday night. The affidavit said Amy Hall, 38, told the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday that she shot her son, Kayson Toliver, while […]
Twelve-year-old Codi Pelton has some serious dance moves. And she makes an effort to have fun no matter where she is. For the past two months she’s been staying at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. “I’m here because I need a heart transplant,” says Codi. She was born with a rare heart condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. […]
Desert Hot Springs, CA Twelve-year-old Codi Pelton has a special gift. She can connect with just about anyone. Whether it’s an autistic classmate who spends a lot of time alone because he fears loud noises. "He would always say let’s go down the slide, so we would go down the slide as many times as he […]
Loma Linda, CA Angelina Castleberry, a former Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy has a lot to be thankful for these days. Her first stop after her three-year-old son Matthew’s successful kidney transplant was to visit the hero donor at her bedside who saved her son’s life and give her the good news. "His kidney is working," whispers Castleberry […]
