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Meet Erika Marx, Living Kidney Donor
Erika Marx believes in the connectedness of all of us. It’s something she experienced first-hand when constant pain and exhaustion led her down a path to a diagnosis of a rare medical condition – and the decision to give the gift of life to someone she’d never met, while healing herself. “I didn’t have a doctor…
Read MoreMeet Doug, A Living Organ Donor from West Virginia
Doug is a pastor in the small town of Culloden, West Virginia. A year ago, a parishioner approached him, seeking advice: A friend was in need of a partial liver transplant and she had the right blood type to help. However, she had two small children and risked losing her job to take time off…
Read MoreUpdate: June 2020
Dear Friends, Earlier this year, when COVID19 became a known threat and quarantine was imposed, I felt the range of emotions that you too, probably felt. I also became a keen observer of the actions and reactions of others. It was dizzying to take it all in while seeking a personal stance, due to the wide range…
Read MoreCan we be like the daffodils?
Here at Transplant House of Cleveland in University Circle, the morning is, thankfully, strikingly different from yesterday; so different that it feels like we are in another world. Yesterday was filled with darkness that gave way to gritty gray. We had soaking and cold rain, and winds surged at us at more than 50 mph,…
Read MoreBalm for a Healing Community
It is an everyday occurrence here at Transplant House of Cleveland- someone is on edge, unsure, fearful, confused, or displaying other emotions that comprise stress. Our guests would not be here if a loved one’s life were not at risk or in the balance, so their stress is comprehensible if we allow that, and it…
Read MoreNew board member turns personal struggle into Transplant House awareness charge
Transplant House of Cleveland in Cleveland’s University Circle neighborhood is preparing to celebrate its fifth anniversary July 20 and welcomed a new board member ahead of its Transplant House of Cleveland Cares 5K Run/Walk June 9.
Read MoreAnxious patients, families find comfort and care at Transplant House in University Circle
Last July, Mona Kernagis and her husband, Tony, were in Cleveland for evaluation and preparation for Mona’s lung transplant at Cleveland Clinic.
During the dizzying, anxiety-fraught schedule of consultations with specialists and tests, the Valparaiso, Indiana, couple came across a brochure for a University Circle nonprofit organization called Transplant House of Cleveland.
Read MoreA Second Dance at Life 2018
The Crystal Ballroom sparkled, the celebrities dazzled, and a $50,000 gift from Dworken & Bernstein Law Firm wowed the 240 people in attendance at the “encore performance” of A Second Dance at Life!
Read MoreElaine Turley and Doug Doss – The Transplant House of Cleveland
Elaine Turley, Executive Director of the Transplant House of Cleveland, and Doug Doss, liver donor and transplant house resident, join us today to discuss how The Transplant House of Cleveland provides affordable, temporary housing for organ transplant patients and their families.
Read MoreTransplant House of Cleveland Opens Building 2!
With the addition of a second building, we have increased capacity from 15 to 24 fully-furnished, thoughtfully-prepared apartments, for temporary housing for transplant patients and family members.
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