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Second Chances: Receiving the Gift of Life
By Jeffrey R. Lueders
E-mail: jlheart@fuse.net

My Story

Almost 12 years ago I received the gift of life, a heart transplant.

My donor, Brandon, was only 15, riding his bike home when he was tragically hit and killed by a car.

During my illness and wait for an organ, I lost faith in God but He never gave up on me.

My accomplishments and zeal for life since my transplant - completing graduate school, getting married, writing this book, all while working full time for LifeCenter, the local organ recovery agency in Cincinnati.

Other Transient Recipient Friends

Read about others who have received heart, liver, kidney, and kidney/pancreas transplants as well as a young burn patient who received donated skin.

People like Patty Britton, a young woman who has survived 3 liver transplants. Who, in an ironic turn of events, also became a donor mother when her newborn baby Cliristopher lost his fight for life.

Donor Family Stories

Donor families who have lost sons and daughters, wives and morns, share their stories and decisions to donate their loved ones organs, during a time of great duress.

The Need for Organ and Tissue Donation

There are now more than 72,000 people on the national waiting list for organs.

In the United States alone 15-16 people die each day waiting on the list.

Learn how you can make a difference. How to request an organ donor card.

One person can save or enhance the lives of as many as 50 individuals.

It's an inspirational book. You'll laugh when you read about the dreams Wink White had while experiencing "ICU psychosis" in the hospital hooked up to the Novacor, waiting for a heart. You'll cry when you hear the heart-breaking story of the Ruwans, whose teenaged son Randy took his own life on Christmas Day 1992. But through it all, you'll come away with a sense of how important faith is, not only to help the recipients through their illness and transplant but also for those courageous donor families who during a tragic time have offered others the gift of life.

To order your copy of Second Chances: Receiving the Gift of Life, just send cash, check or money order made payable to Jeff Lueders for $14.00 (includes postage & handling) for each book ordered, and mail to:
Jeff Lueders
4341 Regency Ridge Court, #308
Cincinnati, OH
45248

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A portion of each book we sell will be donated to LifeCenter, the local organ recovery agency. Thanks for your support!

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