I'm so happy to read all of these awesome stories and see their pictures for those of us who were given a second chance at life again. I'm too a heart transplant recipient and I will forever be grateful to my donor and family. Before getting my transplant I lived two years with an LVAD (mechanical heart device). Six months after healing from that survey I got together with some family and friends to celebrate my new life by going on a cruise that I called the "Celebration of Life Cruise", and I spearheaded the entire cruise for our group. I was so excited to get back my quality of life, that I couldn't wait to enjoy it once again. Now here I am 1 year out from my heart transplant and I'm looking to do it once again, except this time on a larger scale. I am planning a 2023 cruise for "Transplant Awareness", which will entail not just fun on the ship and port calls, but educational awareness, donor signup, meet and greet other donors and recipients, to name few.

Jump to this post