The Gifted Life: Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation Podcast

Show Notes: We are thrilled with episode 15 of The Gifted Life! Listen, and you’ll hear The Gifted Life in a new way as our podcast is recorded live for the first time in front of a studio audience.  First, heart recipient, Jamie Napolitano , honors her donor, Cameron, and his family. There is a part that sounds low when Jamie starts, but hang in there for a minute because when her microphone gets...

Show Notes: Episode 14 of The Gifted Life podcast is off and running with events. 2 guests, a double transplant, 25 years ago; hear from transplant physician, Dr. Philip Boudreaux, and the very 1st kidney/pancreas transplant recipient in Louisiana, Charles Garner. Then Doug Cossman, kidney recipient, talks about how his friend, Shelby, saved his life and how Doug continues to honor his hero. Techn...

Show Notes: Episode 13 of The Gifted Life podcast gives you so much information to learn more about organ, eye and tissue donation beginning with the Recovery segment where you can learn how many people LOPA works with to make life happen. A husband and wife hold hands in the hospital. Hear from living donor, Vanessa Anderson, when she joins Lori and Joey to talk about how she saved her husband’s...

Show Notes: A true dynamic duo joins our hosts. Pulitzer Prize Winner, Jeffrey Marx, and Olympic Gold Medalist, Carl Lewis, have been champions for donation for more than 2 decades, all in the name of Jeffrey’s sister, Wendy Marx . Hear about Wendy, these two friends’ motivation to spread the word about the Gift of Life, and how they reach people throughout the nation.

Show Notes: Episode 12 of The Gifted Life podcast is packed with powerful information and guests. Listen to a doctor’s perspective about donation and why he is a champion for organ donation when Lori and Joey talk to Dr. Cullen Hebert. A true dynamic duo joins our hosts. Pulitzer Prize Winner, Jeffrey Marx, and Olympic Gold Medalist, Carl Lewis, have been champions for donation for more than 2 dec...

Show Notes: Episode 11 of The Gifted Life podcast kicks off with news about a little boy who’s unique transplant story has the whole country’s attention, and why monkey bars are so important to him. Sally Gentry joins Lori and Joey to talk about the services LOPA provides to donor families. How about setting sail to raise donation awareness? Learn from special guest, Hans Nelson, when you can plan...

Show Notes: Episode 10 of The Gifted Life podcast is full of event information so you can help us promote donation in Louisiana. Joey has a short history lesson where you can learn about brain death and how physicians determine it. Libbie Harrison is the host’s special guest. She chats about her amazing hero, his GolfForeLife , and all the fun you can have teeing off for organ donation awareness....

Show Notes: Episode 9 of The Gifted Life podcast is full of special guests. We speak with Cheryl McGee-Hills, Community Educator for LOPA, to get an update on the party with a purpose that is Essence Fest. In the recovery segment, we speak with Jessica Roth of Nebraska Organ Recovery to learn more about a 3-year-old Nebraska girl who helped save the lives of other children after a battle with brai...

Show Notes: Episode 8 of The Gifted Life podcast, your hosts welcome guest Chrissy Hagan, LOPA’s CAO, to chat about a series of awards that have put LOPA on a national stage for workplace excellence. In the recovery segment, find out what testing is performed before an organ is transplanted. Guest, Larabee Thompson, is quizzing Lori and Joey to see how much they know about the CENLA Trivia Challen...

Show Notes: Episode 7 of The Gifted Life podcast, Lori and Joey are talking donation news with Sheron Raymond, and how Essence Festival in New Orleans is the place to register hundreds of donors each year. Listen to find out how you can take part in the festivities by volunteering or sharing a donation story to inspire others this July 4th weekend. Hear a transplant doctor’s perspective. Dr. Emily...

Show Notes: On Episode 6 of The Gifted Life podcast, Joey has an announcement, and Lori doesn’t know what it is. Listen, and you can find out with her! Guest, Suzanna Morton, talks art, education, and how it’s helping raise awareness for donation . Lori and Joey give details about organs that are recovered for transplant, and bust another myth. Citizens in the small city of Springhill are learning...

Show Notes: In Episode 5 of The Gifted Life podcast, learn more about how 3 Louisiana heroes are honored on a national stage at the Rose Parade in Pasadena . Hosts, Lori and Joey, tell you how organs are matched to recipients, and who LOPA works with to make life happen. Lori and Joey tackle another myth; can I decide who gets my organ if I become a donor? A community partner takes the wheel to sp...

Show Notes: In Episode 4 of The Gifted Life podcast our statewide team, Donate Life Louisiana, is always working to educate and register donors, in news, hear how you can be “One in a Million” by helping a DLL team member “fill a heart” to reach a registry goal. LOPA’s Blake Smith joins your hosts, Lori and Joey, to discuss tissue donation and how it heals lives. “What does it cost to donate?” Thi...

Show Notes: In Episode 3 of The Gifted Life podcast, jump right into the phenomenal news about the National Blue and Green Day campaign in Louisiana with Lori and Joey. Then onto our Recovery segment, learn about eye donation with our guest, Southern Eye Bank’s Colleen Oltmann. Is donation against my religion ? Our hosts bust another myth by arming you with the facts. Estate planning attorney, Pau...

Show Notes: In Episode 2 of The Gifted Life podcast, your hosts Lori and Joey start you off with news. Hear about sweet baby Briggs’ possible need for a liver, and a new place of serenity dedicated at a South Louisiana hospital - La Place de Vie . Then in our Recovery segment, learn even more about how hospitals are finding many ways to bring donation awareness to their campuses when Lori and Joey...

Show Notes: April is National Donate Life Month and a Louisiana donor, Shawn Elizabeth , is honored nationally. Lori and Joey give tips on how to stay informed about community events. Joey gives some insight about brain death. One of the biggest myths about organ donation is busted. April 17th is National Blue & Green Day, Lori and Joey give some tips on how to gear up for the big event ( www.dona...