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PA transplant patients grateful for organ donations
The Progress
CLEARFIELD, PA—They come from all walks of life and from across the region. Together, they faced life-threatening health problems, but emerged stronger than before and with a new appreciation for life thanks to organ transplants.
“Organ donation is truly the gift of life. Without these lungs, I wouldn’t have lived,” said Trudy Ensminger of Curwensville, who underwent lung transplant surgery two years ago.
She, along with other lung transplant recipients Larry Bauer of Johnsonburg, Alice Supko of Houtzdale, Lloyd Knapp of Brookville and Larry Passmore of Clearfield met recently at Clearfield Hospital’s Better Breathing Center to share their experiences, which all began with a diagnosis of incurable respiratory disease.
