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Friday, November 18, 2011

Organ donor families share message of hope

WLWT TV Cincinnati
WEST CHESTER, Ohio -- No one has to tell Valerie Neal the value of organ donation.

"It's given my entire family strength to be able to carry on her story and tell other people what the organ donation did for not only giving us strength, but for all of the families who were recipients as well," she said.

"Her story" is the story of Neal's daughter, Tiffani, who lost a battle with diabetes.

Neal said Tiffani told her that if anything should happen to her, she wanted to be an organ donor.

"It was something she really believed in and wanted to make sure that we knew," Neal said. "She had it on her driver's license, she had it everywhere and she wanted to make sure we knew."

At the Life Center Organ Donor Network community breakfast on Thursday, Neal was one of several people who shared their family's organ donation story.

Read more: http://www.wlwt.com/health/29797432/detail.html#ixzz1e4lcKxPb

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