Pete Cashman received a liver transplant on March 14, 2010 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Here is the story of his meeting with his donor family in his own words:

The following article was written by Virginia Davis, a longtime OTS member and past OTS newsletter editor. This was printed in the Chicago Tribune as a letter to the editor on August 8, 2020.

In the July/August issue of the OTS newsletter we printed an article titled: The 30 Year History of OTS. After the article was printed we learned of one incorrect statement about the OTS founders. We want to print the correct information in this OTS newsletter.

It is very thoughtful of you to want to write to the family who made your transplant or your family member’s transplant possible. Many families say that a card or personal note from the recipient provides them with comfort in. knowing that their loved one’s gift made a difference.

My kidney transplant took place at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Their suggestion was to contact the donor family as well as the procurement team to also recognize their important part in the transplant.

CHICAGO (CBS) — For those waiting on a life-saving organ donation, the COVID-19 pandemic poses major challenges.

As a transplant recipient, one of the hardest things to get used to are the precautions that we have to take - especially during the summer. Most transplant patients are taking one or more immunosuppressant medications, such as CellCept, Prograf, or Neoral. Any of these medications will cause the skim to become very sun sensitive. Here are few tips to follow:

The non-profit organization Organ Transplant Support, Inc. was founded in 1990 by two kidney transplant recipients and their spouses in the western suburbs of Chicago. In recognition of the 30th anniversary of OTS this year, we would like to look back at the first years of OTS with information from the OTS newsletters in 1991.