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SHAMEQUIA CASON
Kidney Transplant Recipient At 25, Shamequia Cason was on top of the world. She had just graduated and was the first in her family to get a college degree. But then her body caught up with her. Diagnosed with lupus years earlier, she had to face the fact that the disease had ravaged her kidneys.
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JAMES CHIPPENDALE
Leukemia Survivor At age 31, James faced what could have been a death sentence. He was found to have a lethal form of leukemia. A bone marrow transplant was his only hope.
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MARY CATHERINE HEATH
Advanced Neurosurgery Mary Catherine Heath doesn’t take anything for granted anymore. Not since experiencing the malformation in her brain that was blinding her and threatened her life.
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MIKE HOLLEY
Spine Surgery Not many things can rattle Mike Holley. He’s a large man, he rides a Harley, he manages a ranch, and he works for the government. But back pain brought him to his knees. He says it got to the point where he couldn’t walk; he couldn’t even put on his socks. Mike was suffering from spinal stenosis and a degenerative disc. Unbearable pain had virtually shut down his life.
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MELVIN JONES
Heart Transplant Recipient Melvin Jones had a sweet deal in Canton, Texas. Every month, he worked the popular First Monday Flea Market with his thriving concession stand. He was on the job when he suffered a massive heart attack. CareFlighted to a Tyler hospital, he was stabilized and stayed there until the Tyler doctors decided he needed more than the hospital could give him. He was transferred to Baylor. That, Melvin says, was the best thing that ever happened to him.
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LARRY WALKER
Quintuple Bypass Surgery It was an ordinary day. Reverend Larry Walker was starting his workday, carrying a couple of cases of soda into his church. Then, he felt a twinge. Gut instinct told him something was wrong. So he called his doctor. In the doctor’s office, he learned he’d had a heart attack.
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