Stephanie Irving, of Palos Heights, Illinois, decided to donate her son’s organs after he died in October at Northwest Health – Porter. Irving is now raising her 5-year-old granddaughter, who insists on sleeping with a teddy bear with her father’s heartbeat every night. Thursday, April 17, 2024, was the six-month anniversary of his death.
Rhonda Berger, of Winamac, showed a framed portrait of her daughter Jenifer Spurgeon, 19, who died in an apartment fire in Fort Wayne.Berger recalled discussing organ donation with her daughter before she left home to attend college. “Why wouldn’t I? If something would happen to me, why would I need them?” Spurgeon told her mother.
Rhonda Burns shows a photo of her daughter, Jennifer Spurgeon, who died in an apartment building fire at age 19 in Fort Wayne, during a program on organ donation on Thursday, April 17, 2024, at Northwest Health-Porter in Valparaiso. Spurgeon’s kidneys and liver extended the lives of three organ recipients.
A 62-year-old received Spurgeon’s right kidney. Afterward, the recipient wanted to see Spurgeon’s hometown and extended family. “She got an extra 13 years and two days on her transplant,” Berger said. Parents Ron and Laura Peters, of St. John, were at the hospital Thursday in memory of their daughter, Meghan Manning, of Carmel, who died suddenly of an undiagnosed respiratory condition.Ron said he and Laura were setting up a table by the cafeteria so others could sign up to become organ donors. “This is our first event. It’s exciting,” Ron said.
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