SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — April is organ donation awareness month, and according to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, more than 103,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant. That number includes more than 2,100 people in the state, according to Donate Life Arizona.
“When you go on dialysis until you find a donor, it’s a change in your lifestyle, and I knew this was going to change again,” Waite said. Heikkinen called the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to see if he would be a viable candidate for donation. He said the woman on the phone was unsure because of his age, but he went through the process of seeing if he was a match and through the associated physical testing anyway.He received a call on his way back from Minnesota to Arizona that changed Waite's life.October, 21, 2021 is a date that the pair will never forget.
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