Every 10 minutes, a new person is added to the national transplant waiting list, and each year the gap between the number of available organs and recipients waiting for organs grows larger and larger. With nearly 115,000 Americans awaiting a transplant, organ and tissue donation is more important now than ever before. And without the generosity of organ and tissue donors, University of Chicago Medicine physicians would not be able to perform life-saving transplant surgeries, such as the historic back-to-back triple-organ transplant.

Recipient Neil Perry thanks his donors

Yes, I could not imagine losing someone. My life has been tragic-free. And I've kept alive. And I'm so thankful to the family that of the donors whom I do not know yet. But anyone who's ever made that sacrifice for their family is, I'm, we're grateful, very grateful. And I want to use my life to help others as much as I can to every.

I don't care about making money anymore, I don't care about fun things to do or you know, working in an office job. I just want to help, help, help. And I'm excited about getting a degree in nutrition. I think I have good insight into that, and fitness. So that's what I want to do. And thanks to all the donors. It's so important for that.

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