At the Georgia Transplant Foundation, we are fortunate to meet a lot of amazing people with incredible stories. We want you to hear some of them. GTF Voices highlights clients, caregivers, and members of the transplant community who we have had the pleasure of working with. We hope these stories inspire you as much as they do us!
Blakely Humber: 31 Years of Community
Fortunate enough to have lived healthy for most of her life, things started to change for Blakely Humber in 1994 when she began experiencing random waves of nausea. Subsequently, during…
Thelma Warner: 31 Years of Faith
In 2013, life forever changed for Thelma Warner. Thelma, a former teacher and flight attendant, had just moved to Atlanta after years of caring for her family members. After being…
Sherrell Gay: 31 Years of Inspiration
Sherrell Gay woke up for what she thought would be another regular day. She was getting her kids dressed for school when she experienced some mild chest pain. She initially…
Ritu and Ajay Sharma
Ritu and Ajay Sharma have been married for twenty-two years and have two children, one teenage daughter and one in college. Although they have always lived an active, healthy lifestyle,…
Becoming a Warrior: Mykal Lewis’s Story of Growing Up With a Heart Transplant
Mykal Lewis may have only been two-months old when he had his heart transplant, but he’s always felt the impact of it. “My mother was very overprotective. I couldn’t really…
Tamara Y. Walker’s Second Life: Serving Others and Advocating for Change
Most people only get one life, but Tamara Y. Walker got two. After being diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease at age 25 and going into organ failure at 38, Tamara’s…
Overcoming the Distance: Aarian Casey’s Road to Recovery
In October of 2021, Marian Farley began living a mother’s worst nightmare. Her two-month-old daughter Aarian always seemed tired. The pediatrician said it was just congestion and not to worry,…
Faith, Community & Hope: Sean Roach’s Story
In 1997, Sean and Tammie Roach had only been married for two weeks when a car accident changed the course of Sean’s life forever. “He was in an accident with…
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