A quarterly highlight of the donor hospitals within LifeNet Health’s service area

December 2011

March 2010

o 2011 Transplant Games o Paired Kidney Donation o A Life Shared and A Life Saved o Hospital Performance Report o Chain Reaction: Impact Donation Collaborative o Celebrating 100 Million Registered Donors o Who’s Who in LifeNet Health Donor Hospitals

68-40-035.06 Saturday, October 1, 2011 was a crisp, cool fall day in Richmond – the perfect setting for the first ever Virginia Transplant Games held at Clover Hill High School. The opening ceremonies didn’t leave a dry eye in the stadium as donor families, recipients, family, and friends stood together to celebrate life.

The games were established for two reasons: to illustrate how organ, eye, tissue and bone marrow donation and transplantation works; allowing recipients of these precious gifts to live, full, healthy, and more active lives than they ever imagined; and

to reinforce how these gifts are generously given by Virginia citizens who can designate their decision to donate on the Virginia donor registry, www.DonateLifeVirginia.org.

Attending the event was an emotional experience for everyone – including donor families, organ recipients, and supportive friends and family. Knowing that so many people in attendance had either experienced the loss of a loved one who had donated life-saving tissue and organs, or had been a recipient of another person’s selfless giving and generosity, was overwhelming.

Let the Games Begin!

The opening ceremonies began with the Color Guard and National Anthem which was a stirring rendition by Reverend David K. North. As the athletes marched in, cheers arose from the crowd and were sustained for what seemed like forever. Virginia’s First Lady, Maureen McDonnell spoke at the opening ceremonies and praised the brave families of the organ donors, along with the recipients who have overcome so much to reach the point where they are today. An inspiring and awe-striking moment occurred with the ceremonial dove release and the games began!

Olympic Events

The day was filled with fun, laughter, and excitement. LifeNet Health, Bridge to Life, University of Virginia Health Systems, VCU Medical Center, HCA Virginia Health Systems, Old Dominion Eye Foundation, Cytonet, Sentara Health, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, Washington Regional Transplant Community, Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, King Pin Lanes, Sports Backers, Uncharted Pixels, Chesterfield County Public Schools, and the YMCA were special sponsors and supporters of the Transplant Games.

A powerful message was sent by recipients who participated in a 5K walk/run, track & field, basketball, bowling, swimming, and table tennis. They participated alongside family members of donors making it even more dramatic and emotional. The Closing Ceremony The closing ceremonies were equally matched with the opening ceremonies. Watching the donor families and recipients share in such incredible accomplishments was humbling.

Andrew Mullins, Transplant Games Planning Committee Chairman, spoke of the bravery, selfless giving, and courage of all of the participants. Jill Stephenson gave a heart-wrenching account of what it was like to lose her brother at the age of 11 to a car accident, and her own young son at the age of 21 in the fight against the Taliban. Both young men donated their organs so that others could live and it has had a profound effect on Jill and her friends and family.

A surprise highlight occurred when Brad Ellis of TV’s hit show Glee, a heart recipient himself, joined the stage and performed with piano and singing. He is the incredibly talented pianist on Glee and was awarded the 2011 Donate Life Hollywood Person of the Year award for his work in donation. In addition to solos, he also performed with the Clover Hill High School’s New Dimensions Show Choir, sharing with us an awe inspiring performance. Seeing how Brad has taken his life to new heights — thanks to a heart donor who gave him a chance to live – was a shining example of what the day’s events were all about.

The next Virginia Transplant Games will be in two years and with the success of the first-ever annual games in 2011, the 2013 games are sure to be even better!

Congratulations to all of the brave donor families and recipients who participated in the 2011 Transplant Games – you are an inspiration for thousands of other people.

We will see you again in 2013! Article by Rhonda Day

Donate Life America Announces Significant

Milestone Achieved with 100 Millionth Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor Registered in the U.S.

New national goal set to register 20 million more by the end of 2012

A key goal set by the donation and transplant community in 2006 was achieved this October. The United States can now boast that 100 million Americans -- roughly 42 percent of the adult population --are now registered as organ, eye and tissue donors in state donor registries!

Growth in the number of registered donors is vital because the need for transplants continues to rise. More than 112,000 people are currently waiting for lifesaving organ transplants. Thousands more await tissue transplants to resume their normal lives. Last year, more than 28,000 people received organ transplants, more than 40,000 received corneal transplants and hundreds of thousands received tissue transplants, yet 6,590 died awaiting organ transplants. A surge in the number of donors is necessary to save more lives. Therefore, as the donation and transplant community celebrates the accomplishment of registering 100 million people, work has already begun to reach the new national goal of registering 20 million new donors by the end of 2012. Twenty million additional donors would result in saving thousands more lives each year. The public is encouraged to register by visiting www.DonateLifeVirginia.org.

“At a time when we as a nation have difficulty finding common ground on many important issues, 100 million people have agreed on their desire to save lives by registering as donors. They are hope for all of the men, women and children in need of lifesaving transplants today. For that, we say thank you,” says David Fleming, President & CEO of Donate Life America. “While this achievement speaks volumes about the generosity of human beings, more work needs to be done to motivate Americans to register and save the lives of those in need.”

In 2006, DLA launched the Donor Designation Collaborative (DDC) as a nationwide effort to improve organ, eye and tissue donation rates. A main tactic for achieving the DDC’s goals is ensuring that each state has an effective system for allowing individuals to legally designate themselves as donors. Since the DDC’s launch, there has been a 45 percent increase in the number of designated donors in the United States.

On average, nearly 8 million people join a state donor registry each year; a majority (97 percent) joins through state departments of motor vehicles (DMV’s). Therefore, DLA builds strong relationships with many DMV officials throughout the nation to encourage education and training of their staff to help them better advocate for organ, eye and tissue donation.

As the DDC works to increase the number of donors, the high percentage of registrations through DMV’s poses a new challenge to overcome. The majority of state donor registries were created nearly a decade ago. Once a registry goes through its first driver’s license/ID card renewal cycle (ranging from every 4 to every 12 years depending on the state), new designated donors come from only three sources – first-time drivers, new residents, and current residents who previously elected not to register. This maturity factor decreases the ability to sustain high donation rates through DMV efforts alone-- a fact that necessitates new strategies to promote registrations.

“As we lay the foundation to register an additional 20 million people by the end of 2012, we are developing strategies to overcome the obstacles presented by maturing registries. We are not deterred by the challenges ahead,” says Donate Life America Chairperson, Helen W. Bottenfield. “Our primary goal is to preserve human life and improve the quality of life for those in need of organ, eye and tissue transplants. We will remain focused and find creative ways to reach, educate and motivate those who have not yet registered as donors.”

To learn more about how you can become involved, visit: www.DonateLifeVirginia.org.

Of the nearly 114,000 patients in the US currently awaiting a life-saving organ transplant, over Paired Kidney 96,000 (84%) are currently in need of a kidney transplant. Over 26 million Americans have some kind of Chronic Kidney Disease, and millions of others are at increased risk. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough donors to reduce the overall number of those on the waiting Donation list, and 40-50% of family members and friends who want to donate one of their kidneys to a loved one aren’t medically compatible. The shortage of available organs for transplant, along with the likelihood of incompatibility, has brought about the practice of Paired Kidney Donation. Paired Kidney Donation is an option for patients in need of a kidney transplant who have a living donor whose blood or tissue type is not compatible. With a paired donation, kidneys can be matched between two pairs consisting of a recipient and his/her incompatible donor, making two compatible living donors transplants possible. In Pair 1, Donor 1 is not compatible with Recipient 1. Likewise, in Pair 2, Donor 2 is not compatible with Recipient 2. However, Donor 1 is compatible with Recipient 2 and Donor 2 is compatible with Recipient 1. If you, your donor, and the other pair are willing to participate in this “exchange,” a comprehensive evaluation process begins.

Paired Donation Donor Chains are often formed to match compatable donors with needed recipients. Here, we see that the chain began with someone who simply wanted to donate one of his kidneys, thus beginning the chain and bridging the link to all those searching for a match. Chains are also begun, or continued, from someone from a previous chain. * Diagrams and data provided by National Kidney Foundation A life shared

AND

a life saved

My name is Lisa Stanzione. I have worked in the field of organ donation since 1990 and have witnessed firsthand the healing power of

donation for both the donor family and the recipients of the gifts. I’ve always thought living donation was a wonderful thing to do, but like most people I never took any steps towards making that happen.

My name is Amanda Key. I am 32 years old, and I have been waiting for a kidney transplant to save my life.

My story starts in October of 1998. I had never been sick except for an occasional bout of bronchitis once a year. At the time, I was working two jobs, seven days a week; living as a typical 19 year old. It all started with migraines, and after months of no relief, weight loss, and extreme fatigue, one day I passed out at work. I was immediately taken to the ER. I had several blood transfusions, spinal taps, kidney and liver biopsies and countless blood tests.

After my second admission into the hospital within two weeks, I was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease: Good Pasteur’s. I was in end stage renal failure. My life was not my own anymore. For the next 8 ½ months on Monday, Wednesday and Friday I went to dialysis; and on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, I had to undergo other treatments. Sunday was my only day off.

On August 20, 1999, I received a kidney from my Mom. Within a year of my transplant, I was diagnosed with chronic rejection. This meant multiple hospital stays for tests and medical procedures for the next seven years.

On January 3, 2006, I found myself back to square one. I was in the hospital barely conscious and having to make one of the hardest decisions of my life: decline all treatment, or go back on dialysis and wait. After three days of back and forth decisions and not knowing if I could handle dialysis and waiting again, my youngest brother convinced me that I had a lot to live for. That clinched my decision. I immediately went to surgery and had a dialysis catheter placed. My life once again revolved around dialysis, and everything that goes with it.

I met Amanda’s mother, Robbie Key, about five years ago when she began working for LifeNet Health. She is someone I admire greatly for a multitude of reasons: she is hard working, passionate about donation, smart, funny, kind and caring. I learned early on in our working relationship that Robbie’s daughter Amanda was diagnosed with Good Pasteur’s disease at the age of 19, which shut down her kidneys and weakened her lungs. Over the last five years Robbie’s coworkers, myself included, have closely followed Amanda’s deteriorating health.

Robbie and Amanda shared their story at our first collaborative meeting at Natural Bridge in 2009. Amanda shared with everyone in the room that at one point she had wanted to die, and that she was not going to go through another transplant since the rejection of her mother’s kidney had nearly killed her. She told us that her chance of getting a matching kidney was like finding a needle in a stack of needles, and that she knew she could die waiting. Robbie shared with us how difficult it was as a mother to have your child give up on living and she tearfully urged the hospital staff attending the conference to picture Amanda as that “someone” on the waiting list when they refer potential donors to LifeNet Health. Story Continued … The Hospital Performance Report

How is your hospital doing?

The Hospital Performance Report is a quarterly snapshot. This report indicates how your hospital is performing in three key areas of Organ Donation and two key areas of Tissue Donation.

Timely Organ/Tissue Referral Rate: Low referral rates indicate that potential organ donor referrals are not being made within the one hour clinical trigger timeframe, and potential tissue donor referrals are not being made within the one hour timeframe after time of death.

GREEN: 98-100% YELLOW: 90-97% RED: 0-89%

Conversion Rate: Shows the percentage of: all recovered donors, divided by all eligible deaths and any beyond eligible donors.

GREEN: 75-100% YELLOW: 51-74% RED: 0-50%

Hospitals are listed alphabetically according to LNH Hospital Codes. Data subject to validation upon further review.

Organ Donor Referral and Recovery Tissue Donor Referral and Recovery Recovered Organ Donors Recovered DCD Donors Timely Organ Referral Rate Conversion Rate Recovered Tissue Donors Timely Tissue Referral Rate July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD 1 100% 67% 100% 2 12 90% 94% 79% 91% LewisGale Hospital - Alleghany 0% 67% 1 2 89% 100% 88% 90%

Bath Community Hospital 0% 100% 100% 100% 84%

Bedford Memorial Hospital 1 100% 100% 95%

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital 100% 100% 80% 90% 82% 92% 100% 95% Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital 95% 100% 90% 94% Chesapeake Regional Medical Center 2 4 83% 83% 89% 85% 100% 0% 44% 3 2 14 98% 100% 97% 98%

CJW Medical Center - Chippenham Hospital 100% 67% 80% 86% 3 1 12 94% 100% 91% 92%

Community Memorial Healthcenter 100% 100% 100% 92% 1 1 100% 100% 100% 97%

Culpeper Regional Hospital 0% 33% 2 5 100% 100% 83% 93% Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center 86% 100% 100% 78% 1 1 1 4 100% 93% 96% 97% Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital 1 1 3 88% 92% 86% 92%

Carilion Giles Community Hospital 1 100% 88% 100% 93%

Southern Va Regional Med Ctr 0% 100% 67% 1 1 100% 100% 78% 98%

Henrico Doctors' Hospital - Forest 1 4 100% 100% 86% 85% 100% 80% 1 2 6 100% 97% 100% 93% Sentara CarePlex Hospital 100% 89% 91% 95% 0% 0% 1 1 1 11 91% 97% 95% 96% Henrico Doctors' Hospital - Parham 100% 100% 100% 1 2 100% 91% 100% 94% Hampton V.A. Medical Center 89% 92% 100% 90% John Randolph Medical Center 100% 88% 100% 84% 0% 1 1 100% 93% 100% 89% CJW Medical Center - Johnston-Willis Hospital 1 2 100% 67% 0% 72% 100% 100% 1 98% 100% 93% 95% Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters 2 5 0% 100% 69% 67% 83% 1 1 6 71% 100% 56% 87% Centra Lynchburg General Hospital 1 2 75% 63% 94% 77% 100% 100% 1 1 9 100% 98% 94% 90% LewisGale Medical Center 1 100% 50% 67% 67% 100% 2 4 93% 95% 91% 93% Sentara Leigh Hospital 1 2 1 88% 67% 82% 84% 100% 100% 1 2 1 14 98% 96% 95% 97% Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital 100% 100% 100% 100% VCU Medical Center 2 5 3 16 1 1 2 92% 91% 96% 93% 67% 100% 100% 57% 2 4 3 17 91% 93% 89% 90% LewisGale Hospital - Montgomery 75% 0% 77% 1 1 3 100% 100% 100% 98% Organ Donor Referral and Recovery Tissue Donor Referral and Recovery Recovered Organ Donors Recovered DCD Donors Timely Organ Referral Rate Conversion Rate Recovered Tissue Donors Timely Tissue Referral Rate July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD July Aug Sept YTD

Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center 100% 100% 90% 94% 0% 1 1 2 12 95% 95% 97% 95% Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hosp. 100% 67% 50% 67% 1 2 7 100% 100% 100% 93% Martha Jefferson Hospital 50% 100% 91% 1 5 100% 93% 90% 98% Memorial Hospital of Martinsville & Henry County 1 50% 75% 50% 1 4 100% 100% 100% 98% 4 86% 100% 79% 89% 0% 80% 2 2 3 14 93% 91% 95% 96% Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital 0% 1 1 2 100% 93% 94% 95% Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 2 10 90% 83% 100% 88% 100% 67% 3 1 2 25 92% 94% 94% 95% Carilion New River Valley Medical Center 100% 100% 75% 1 1 100% 100% 100% 99% Sentara Obici Hospital 1 100% 75% 100% 77% 100% 1 1 8 94% 100% 100% 97% LewisGale Hospital - Pulaski 100% 100% 50% 76% 1 2 1 7 93% 93% 100% 90% Pinoneer Community Hospital of Patrick County 100% 100% 100% Page Memorial Hospital 1 100% 100% 88% 94% Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth 33% 0% 0% 100% 67% 100% 83% Bon Secours Richmond Comm Hospital 33% 100% 100% 94% Rappahanock General Hospital 100% 100% 88% 98% Riverside Regional Medical Center 1 7 100% 89% 100% 90% 100% 78% 1 2 2 18 95% 97% 93% 95% Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital 1 2 1 10 1 2 97% 91% 96% 91% 100% 100% 100% 77% 5 6 3 34 95% 94% 92% 94% Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center 89% 82% 100% 91% 2 1 7 96% 98% 93% 96% Rockingham Memorial Hospital 100% 100% 100% 93% 4 7 100% 100% 100% 98% Henrico Doctors' Hospital - Retreat 100% 100% 96% 98% 94% Halifax Regional Medical Center 100% 67% 100% 95% 3 94% 88% 100% 96% Shenandoah Memorial Hospital 100% 3 100% 100% 100% 91% Bon Secours St. Francis Health System 80% 100% 100% 88% 2 94% 95% 89% 93% Southampton Memorial Hospital 100% 100% 1 2 91% 100% 100% 97% Carilion Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital 1 100% 100% 100% 100% Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital 3 71% 44% 100% 78% 100% 1 1 6 92% 96% 97% 95% Southside Regional Medical Center 75% 100% 60% 67% 1 1 4 89% 100% 94% 91% Centra Southside Community Hospital 50% 100% 86% 1 3 100% 100% 100% 97% Twin County Regional Healthcare 100% 100% 100% 1 1 93% 100% 100% 98% Riverside Tappahannock Hospital 100% 83% 100% 100% 96% Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital 3 100% 78% 86% 94% Univ. of Virginia Medical Center 1 1 7 2 82% 80% 88% 89% 33% 100% 70% 3 3 21 86% 93% 100% 91% Sentara Va Beach General Hospital 1 1 4 55% 73% 83% 78% 100% 100% 100% 3 4 2 17 100% 100% 98% 99% Sentara Williamsburg Reg Med Center 50% 100% 100% 87% 1 2 9 95% 100% 100% 99% Winchester Medical Center 1 1 8 100% 90% 100% 95% 50% 50% 67% 1 1 14 97% 98% 98% 97% Warren Memorial Hospital 1 1 4 94% 100% 100% 97% Riverside Walter Reed Hospital 100% 54% 3 100% 91% 92% 94% Wythe County Community Hospital 100% 1 2 100% 100% 82% 93% City Hospital 1 100% 60% 69% 100% 1 1 5 95% 96% 87% 91% Jefferson Memorial Hospital 100% 1 100% 100% 100% 100% Martinsburg V.A. Medical Center 100% 100% 100% 98% Morgan County War Mem Hospital 100% 100% 100% Robbie shared with me that every morning she and her husband Ted take turns going into Amanda’s room because they both fear they will find that she had died in her sleep. As a mother, Robbie had done everything she could to keep her child alive. I knew I would do the same for my children. Robbie was waiting for someone to help her daughter and I felt pretty strongly that I wanted to be that person. As a Mother I would want someone to help my child. I knew that there was a strong likelihood that I would not match, but perhaps at least I could offer hope.

I called Robbie a few months after hearing her and Amanda speak at the 2009 collaborative, and told her that I wanted to be worked up as a living donor. In February of 2010 I met face to face with Amanda, it was only the second time we had met. She tearfully told me that it meant a lot to her and for the first time in many years, she had hope.

On July 7, 2010 I contacted the Virginia Transplant Center at Henrico Doctor’s Hospital to begin my donor evaluation. As part of this work up I have had every possible test and scan known to man. I even passed a comprehensive psychological exam which in a surprising turn of events did not find me to be crazy. The good news was that I was found to be in excellent health and suitable for kidney donation. The bad news was that Amanda and I did not match. Her only hope now was that we could find her a matching kidney through the National Kidney Registry. What this meant was that if we found a match, I would donate to a stranger so that she could receive a transplant.

On March 3, 2011 Amanda and I joined the National Kidney Registry and both of our DNA were entered into the system. Amanda has a lot of antibodies in her blood from having had a prior kidney transplant and from the many blood transfusions she’s had over the last five years. This measurement is called Panel of Reactive Antibodies (PRA) and it’s measured in a percentage. Her PRA was 99%. This meant she would have only a 1% chance of not reacting with a potential matching donor. We knew the wait would be long and that it might not come in time.

Over the past 5 years I have grown accustomed to waiting. It’s a difficult thing knowing that your life is not your own, that your future rests on the hope that someone out there, whom you have never met, will be a match to save your life. Having my family and friends by my side throughout has been comforting and a strong reminder each day of what it is I have to keep fighting for and to live for. When Lisa called and told me that she wanted to be worked up to see if she was a match, my first thought was “really?” It’s difficult to express the emotions and thoughts I felt. Someone you have met only once, telling you they are willing and wanting to literally give you a part of themselves is no small thing.

I felt thankful for her generous offer, excited for the chance to get my life back, fear for the coming months of even more tests and waiting, but more than anything else, I felt hope for the first time in a long time. I knew that we only had a 1% chance of matching, but when you’re waiting for your life to be saved, that 1% is everything. But, we didn’t match. The next step was now to be added to the National Kidney Registry, in addition to the UNOS waiting list I was already on. It was an all too familiar process for me. Yet, this time felt different. Perhaps it was the hope given to me from Lisa, or the continuing love from my family, but I had a feeling that things would soon be different.

On July 10, 2011 I received a call from Lisa Mathias at the Virginia Transplant Center at Henrico Doctor’s Hospital telling me that they had a match and the targeted donation date was July 21st. I was stunned, happy, scared and panicked over the short amount of time I had to prepare for the surgery and recovery. There was vacation to reschedule, a NATCO speaking engagement to cancel and on and on. Amanda and I were part of a large chain and because of this the surgery date changed a few times. The final surgery date was set for August 10.

The day before our surgery, Amanda, Robbie, my oldest daughter Ellen and I met at the Virginia Transplant Center. Amanda and I had a chance to talk late Tuesday night after all our visitors and family had gone home. She was anxious about the surgery but mostly afraid that the kidney she was about to receive would not work. I joked with her that all I could think about was how hungry I was. I’d been having clear liquids all day and the grumbling in my tummy was driving me crazy. I don’t do well with hunger.

I was taken to the operating room around 6:00 Wednesday morning. I was the first of six surgeries performed that day at four transplant centers across the country: UCSF in California, Cornell Medical Center in New York, Barnes Hospital in Missouri and Henrico Doctor’s Hospital in Richmond. My husband John made his way to the surgical waiting area where he was joined by the rest of our family. Robbie never left his side as they anxiously awaited word from the recovery team. The surgery which took about four hours was performed laproscopically by Dr. Park, my urologist, and Dr. Layman, a kidney transplant surgeon. Tracy Giddens- Jarrett, one of LifeNet Health’s organ recovery coordinators, packaged up my left kidney along with a GPS tracking device for the commercial air flight across the country to a recipient at USCF in San Francisco.

My kidney, nicknamed “Squirt” by my youngest daughter Abbey, arrived in California late Wednesday night and was transplanted into a thirty-something year old woman. “Squirt” began to function immediately and she was discharged from the hospital the same day I was with better kidney function labs than mine (her creatinine was 0.7 at discharge and mine was 1.2). She is still doing great with a creatinine of 1.2.

Amanda’s new kidney worked amazingly well. She diuresed 43 litres of urine in the first 24 hours. The transplant team has dubbed it the “champagne” kidney. Amanda is doing great. She was texting me a week and half after surgery telling me how she was out shopping and had just bought size six pants. I was still laid up at home feeling pretty awful. This is to be expected as the kidney recipient goes into the hospital sick and comes out well. The reverse is the case for the donor. Amanda continues to do well with a creatine of 1.2. Her dialysis catheter has been removed and she is on the lowest dose of immunosuppression.

Story Continued …

Since receiving my new kidney, my life has significantly changed. There are no more nightly visits to the Emergency Room. No more continuous vomiting. No more listless days lying in bed with my dogs, Reese and Foxy, simply trying to muster enough energy just to walk them outside. The change I felt after the transplant was almost immediate. I am alive! I am healthy! I am here! It’s as though I was in a sleepless daze for all those years, and now I have awoken, and am able to continue with my life. It has only been a few short months since transplant, but I am already undertaking all the things I have wanted to do and dreamt about for all these years.

I am able to drive myself without the aid of others. I have found a new love in shopping, and trying on new clothes. I am renewing friendships, now that I am actually able to go out. I am even in the process of moving, and am remodeling an old farm house to start my life on my own. And amazingly, I am now able to offer help to all my friends and family who have carried me though all these years. I don’t yet really know much about the person who donated their kidney to me, other than he is doing well and was able to return to work quickly. I hope to one day thank him in person. It is Lisa, however, that has made all this possible. Her gift of life, and that is truly what it has been, has allowed me to return to being me, something I haven’t known for a long time.

In addition to putting my life back together, and having a little (or a lot) of fun in between, I am doing everything I can to share my story and my struggles with others. I want to let people know the difference they can make by simply signing up online, or at the DMV, to become an organ, eye and tissue donor. I want to share my story of hope, and success, with all those who are still waiting for that life-saving transplant to happen. I want to give others hope, the same hope that Lisa gave to me, that one day their life can be their own again.

I am thankful every morning I wake up, with all the promise of a new day, and tomorrow. After all these years of waiting and hoping to be saved, I have now been granted that gift, and I plan to live every moment of my life enjoying every day I have with my family, my friends, and myself.

In addition to being a mother, wife, nurse and transplant professional, living donor is now part of my identity. Organ donation creates a life of greatness. It was an honor and a privilege to have participated in Amanda’s life of greatness. And I am looking forward to being a part of her life for many, many years to come. Lisa Stanzione & Amanda Key

LifeNet Health’s 3rd Annual Organ Donation Collaborative “Chain Reaction: Impact Donation!” gives a renewed commitment to saving lives through organ donation initiatives.

On October 21st, over 250 hospital professionals from every corner of LifeNet Health’s service area came together at Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg to learn more about how to impact lives through organ donation. Attendees included nursing staff, physicians, hospital administrators and professional staff.

The day began with a call to action by LifeNet Health’s CEO Rony Thomas and OPO Executive Director Tim Jankiewicz. “Our mission is saving lives and restoring health,” declared Thomas. Jankiewicz echoed this crucial mission, saying “your referrals begin the chain reaction of saving lives through organ donation.” Mr. R. Edward Howell, Vice President and CEO of UVA Medical Center, spoke on how collaboration between hospital administration and the Organ Procurement Organization can improve donation rates and outcomes. “We have both the resources and the responsibility to make this happen,” he said. Dr. Gerardo Mendez, a transplant surgeon with Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, served as the day’s master of ceremonies. “It is an honor and a privilege to be in the room with so many who are working towards renewed dedication to saving lives,” shared Mendez. His passion, knowledge and captivating personality and humor served well throughout the day. “Before our Paths Crossed”, a documentary of a donor family’s and recipient’s story, was specifically produced for the Collaborative. It debuted throughout the day in three parts. This new film showed firsthand the heartache that one family endured, the hope for a new life that another experienced, and the resulting gift of life that brought them all together. Family members along with hospital staff and procurement professionals who were involved in the recovery and transplants, all took part in sharing how this particular donation forever changed their lives.

Breakout sessions were offered throughout the day on such topics as: brain death declaration & Discover your link to the ethics, the impact of early family support, examining the OR process in donation, and reviewing an Donation Process overview of the latest advances in tissue transplantation.

At the close of the day’s events, the family members and professionals from the documentary, joined Your Calls our speakers on the stage, graciously took questions from the audience, and shared with everyone their perspective on the importance of beginning the Chain Reaction to Impact Donation. Save Lives! -- -- To see and share “Before our Paths Crossed” or any of the breakout sessions from the day, visit: 1-866-LifeNet www.LifeNetHealthOPO.org -- --

3rd Quarter 2011

Centra Lynchburg General Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Henrico Doctors’ Hospital – Forest Sentara Leigh Hospital Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters VCU Medical Center Winchester Medical Center Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Riverside Regional Medical Center Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Univ. of Virginia Medical Center Sentara Va Beach General Hospital CJW Medical Center-Johnston-Willis Hospital

Augusta Health LewisGale Hospital – Alleghany Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Culpeper Regional Hospital CJW Medical Center – Chippenham Hospital Community Memorial Healthcenter Sentara CarePlex Hospital Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters Centra Lynchburg General Hospital LewisGale Medical Center LewisGale Hospital – Montgomery VCU Medical Center Sentara Leigh Hospital Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hosp. Martha Jefferson Hospital Memorial Hospital of Martinsville & Henry County Mary Washington Hospital Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital LewisGale Hospital – Pulaski Sentara Obici Hospital Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Rockingham Memorial Hospital Southern Va Regional Med Ctr Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center Riverside Regional Medical Center Southampton Memorial Hospital Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital Henrico Doctors’ Hospital-Forest Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital Southside Regional Medical Center Centra Southside Community Hospital Univ. of Virginia Medical Center Henrico Doctors’ Hospital-Parham Winchester Medical Center City Hospital Sentara Va Beach General Hospital Sentara Williamsburg Reg Med Center Warren Memorial Hospital John Randolph Medical Center Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Wythe County Community Hospital Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Twin County Regional Healthcare

Hospitals with Timely Organ Referrals at or above 98% Hospitals with Timely Tissue Referrals at or above 98% (for all 3 months) (for all 3 months)

Augusta Health Rockingham Memorial Hospital LewisGale Hospital – Montgomery Rappahanock General Hospital Community Memorial Healthcenter Southampton Memorial Hospital Community Hospital Jefferson Memorial Hospital Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Henrico Doctors’ Hospital – Parham Bedford Memorial Hospital Rockingham Memorial Hospital Twin County Regional Healthcare Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Shenandoah Memorial Hospital Community Memorial Healthcenter Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hosp. Sentara Va Beach General Hospital

Centra Southside Community Hospital Martinsburg V.A. Medical Center Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital Morgan County War Mem Hospital Memorial Hospital of Martinsville & Henry County Carilion Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Bon Secours Richmond Comm. Hospital

Hospitals with Conversion Rates at or above 75% (for all 3 months)

Henrico Doctors’ Hospital-Forest Centra Lynchburg General Hospital Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Sentara Leigh Hospital Riverside Regional Medical Center Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Sentara Va Beach General Hospital CJW Medical Center-Johnston-Willis Hospital

This Holiday Season, be a hero and give the gift of life. Visit www.DonateLifeVirginia.org to read inspiring stories of hope, learn more, and register today!