Archive for the 'transplant recipients and donors' Category
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
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 [...]
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
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, [...]
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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 [...]
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009
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 [...]
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Breakthrough, Spring, 2008 steve, at the finish line, 2006 (image:asiphoto)
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
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? [...]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Thanks to everyone who helped out at the finishline….James, Ida, Jason Stahl, Colin Rines…Knowing you all were there to make sure everyone got across the finishline in one piece was huge! It’s so nice to have someone around after a race, to acknowledge your accomplishment and to care about how you did…To be honest, I [...]
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Superstars of the Week Let’s hear it for Jeff Edelman! Jeff, one of our pulmonologists here at the U, competed in his first Beat the Bridge race on Sunday (in fact, I think it may have been his debut at the 8k distance), and he seems to be a natural. He ran a very fine time of 36:42 and [...]
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Team Member Updates: We don’t get to see much of Jason Stahl, who lives down in Olympia, so I’m always excited to get his updates and to hear about all the walking and tennis playing and bike riding he’s been doing. Last weekend he walked in the Thurston County Walk for Life. Of the event, he says, [...]
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
hi fellow team members! it was fabulous to see all of you out this weekend at alki. i walk with a little help from my friends. how’s bayou? what does team transplant mean to you?
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