Name: Maryrose Mirick
Age: 43
Transplant: Kidney, 1993
Team: Team MA-RI (Massachusetts-Rhode Island)
Hometown: Weymouth, MA
Event(s): Badminton
My main purpose for participating in the U.S. Transplant Gaines is to honor
those who
give transplant recipients a second chance for a full and active life. My
participation is a direct result
of an unselfish act of love and kindness by my sister, Patricia Sullivan, who
gave me one of her
kidneys thirteen years ago.
Because of her, my husband has a wife and my children have a mom.
Because of
her I am able to feel warm sand on my feet in the summer and hear my children
open their gifts on
Christmas moming. My life is full of family and friends whom I have the pleasure
to love and be
loved by. I can't thank my sister enough for her gift that keeps on giving.
Since my transplant, I have worked with multiple-handicapped children,
but because
of the
immunosuppression I take, I caught every cold and virus children tend to
carry. Fortunately, I am
now employed by the National Kidney Foundation of MA & Rl, Inc. Working for a cause
I believe
in, and to assist in increasing public awareness of organ donation, is a very
rewarding job.
Mesage to the world:
"Because of my transplant I get to feel the hot sand under
my feet and see my kids open their Christmas presents. That's what it's all about-
having a life again!"
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