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April 27,2012 - - - - 113,953 AMERICANS ARE CANDIDATES ON THE UNOS TRANSPLANT WAIT LIST

91,996 waiting for a kidney

16,098 waiting for a liver

1,269 waiting for a pancreas

2,153 waiting for a Kidney-Pancreas

3,172 waiting for a heart

1,632 waiting for a lung

52 waiting for a heart-lung

278 waiting for small bowel

One organ donor has the opportunity to save up to 8 lives

One tissue donor has the opportunity to save and -or enhance the lives of 50 or more individuals

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Monday, February 20, 2012

A special bond forged through tragedy

The Inteligencier | Freda R. Savans

Caroline Gallagher wrapped up a whirlwind weekend in November: a Friday night high school football game, volunteering for the Special Olympics and selling raffle tickets for Central Bucks South’s lacrosse team.

The fun-loving, compassionate and seemingly healthy 15-year-old was enjoying a full life — until the following Monday night.

On Nov. 7, she slowly slumped to the kitchen floor of her Warrington home as her 14-year-old brother, Jack, sat helplessly across the table. Her twin brother, Jimmy, was upstairs.

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YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAVE LIVES. PLEDGE AND REGISTER TODAY

Monday, February 20, 2012

A special bond forged through tragedy

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