Team Transplant, UWMC

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Superstars of the Week Let’s hear it for the movers and shakers on this team…the ones we show off our green for…the ones who make Saturday morning practices such an uplifting place to be…Let’s hear it for our amazing transplant recipients and donors…Thanks for keeping us inspired and making our’s such a wonderful community to [...]

Stephen A. Reynolds, a researcher who shared with his children the joy and wonder of science, died Nov. 2 at age 59. By Lornet Turnbull Seattle Times staff reporter Stephen A. Reynolds was a researcher who shared with his children the joy and wonder of science. His daughter, Lindsay Reynolds, recalls how he would organize [...]

I know many of you have already have heard the sad news…Steve Reynolds passed away this week.  There will be a celebration of his life next Friday at 2:00pm at the Urban Horticulture Center (see attached) Steve was one of our liver recipients.  He and his wife, Jeannie, came on board as Team Transplanters in [...]

Seattle Half Marathon Wrap Up—Another Amazing Team Transplant Weekend! It’s almost been a week now…the dust has settled…your muscles are starting to limber up…the spring is returning to your step…and hopefully what you’ve just accomplished has started to sink in…because what you’ve just accomplished is a Big Deal. For you rookies, simply finishing your first [...]

Back to Mari-Jo Fraser.   It turns out that last Sunday was not just Issaquah Salmon Days.  It was the 6 year anniversary of her transplant…and so amazing that she chose to spend the first part of the day with us.  In true TT spirit, she showed up decked out in official wasabi-Gatorade green apparel, [...]

Issaquah Salmon Days… We had a small, but mighty turnout for the race.   It was a gorgeous Pacific Northwest fall morning…sunny…a little cool, but absolutely perfect for racing.   Marty Chakoian took advantage of the conditions to lead our group across the finishline in a stellar 47:55.   He’s definitely on his way to [...]

Let’s hear it for our water station helpers last weekend! Lenard Yen, one of our liver recipients, served as point person at home base.  Lenard has been on the team now for 4 years and continues to get stronger and fitter each season.  He’s also got a very creative mind, wonderful, quirky sense of humor, and doesn’t mind [...]

Breakthrough, Spring, 2008 steve, at the finish line, 2006 (image:asiphoto)

Carla Trulson-Essenberg Q: When and what type of organ transplant did you have? Carla: I had a double lung transplant on Halloween of 2004 for bronchiectasis with Pseudomonas.  I had been on “the list” for only 5 days. Q: What attracted you to UWMC Team Transplant? What’s your favorite part of being on the team? [...]