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UAB HEART, LUNG AND LIVER TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP
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NEWSLETTER
Stan Smith – President/Editor (205)655-3151
Stephen Foster – 1st Vice President/Chaplain
Sherri Selph – 2nd Vice President
Judy Burch – Secretary
Tammy Campbell – Public Relations
Lori Higginbotham - Treasurer
Christmas Day Lunch in HTICU on WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 25, 2013
The next meeting will be our annual Christmas Day lunch – we start serving around 11 AM. It will be in the
HTICU conference room on the 5th floor of the West Pavilion. This is for pre and post transplant patients and
their families, medical and staff personnel on all of the heart, lung, and liver floors, those who are at the
Townhouse, and donor families who would like to participate. We need the help of those of you that live
in the Birmingham area to help provide the food. Please call Stan Smith at 205-655-3151 if you have any
questions [please leave a message]. The Support Group will be furnishing ham, turkey, soft drinks,
paper goods and plastic wear. We are in need of casseroles, vegetables, congealed salads, salads, and
deserts. Each year this does provide a blessing to those who are in the hospital especially during Christmas.
Last year we used over 450 plates! If you can spare a couple of hours on Christmas day, we really
could use your help serving. We look forward to hearing from each of you.
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New heart & lung transplant recipients
(No new release forms received)
HAPPY HEART AND LUNG DAY!
(December)
(H) Apryl Graham Crosswy
‘82
(H) Gordonna Moore
‘83
(H) Eddie Knipp (2nd 3/99)
‘87
(H) Karen Tishler Weinrib
‘91
(H) Alan Brezin
‘94
(H) Thomas D. Jordon
‘94
(H) Meagan Brooke Miley (Ped)
‘96
(H) Barbara Watts
‘99
(L) Rene Boubede
‘99
(H) William Huey Collins
‘99
(L) Stephen Burt
‘99
(H) Mary M. Wooten
‘00
(H) Sidney Overby (1st 3/97)
‘00
(H) Justin Burney
‘01
(H) Gregory Bend
‘01
(L) Mary Ann Autry
‘01
(L) Lillian (Trudy) Harrison
‘01
(L) Mary E. Cole
‘02
(H) James Quick
‘04
Henry Neff
(DL) Mary Beth Helms
(DL) Janet S. Ellis
(H) Chester Strickland
(DL) Matt Fancher
(L) Michael Thornell
(H) John C. Honaker
(H) Spencer Walker
(H) Lesel A. (Tony) Dozier
(H) Jimmy Montgomery
(L) Billy Ray Cunningham
‘04
‘04
‘06
‘07
‘07
‘08
‘10
‘10
‘10
‘10
‘12
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New liver transplant recipients
(No new release forms received)
HAPPY LIVER DAY!
(December)
Claude Hall
‘97
Rodney S. Jones
‘97
Joel Johnson
‘98
Tim Gandy
‘98
Ronald Pothier
‘99
Charles Smith
‘99
Message from Stan Smith, President
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! We are
getting ready for the Christmas Day lunch in the
HTICU Conference Room as noted above. If
you have a couple of hours on Christmas Day,
we really could use your help – if can help,
please let me know by calling the phone number
on the back. Also, if you would like to make a
monetary contribution, please make out your
check payable to Stan Smith (my address is on
the back). Any money left over will be used for
Support Group activities. Please note that we
will not have a regular meeting this month.
Eddie Mae Davidson (1st)
Clovis Smith
Eddie Mae Davidson (2nd)
Judy Burch
Carmen Vasquez
Leonard Cooper
James Gruzdis
Robert (Bobby) Reeves (1st 11/04)
Larry Brice Dollar
Jerry Wayne Cantrell
Debbie Morgette
Jim Kutschke
Nathan Shelton (Ped)
Charlotte Isbell
Doretta Whitehead
Linda Mitchell
Lurraine Keir Raine (Ped)
Stephen Watts
Johnnie Lee Ballenger
Justin Staton
Carl Anderson
‘99
‘00
‘00
‘00
‘01
‘01
‘03
‘04
‘06
‘06
‘06
‘07
‘07
‘07
‘08
‘08
‘08
‘11
‘11
‘12
‘12
Check out the anniversaries this month: Apryl
Crosswy is 31 years post heart transplant, Rene
Boubede is 14 years post lung transplant and
Claude Hall is 16 years post liver transplant.
There are 31 people that are 10 years or more
post transplant – fantastic!
Remembering Farther Jim
Over the past 24 years, I have met many great
people in our transplant family. Father Jim
Naughton was one of those special people. He
received a liver transplant on December 24,
1996 and needless to say, Christmas was very
special for him. Over the past years, Farther
UAB HEART, LUNG AND LIVER TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP
Release Form
I give permission for my name, transplant number and transplant date to be used by the UAB Heart, Lung and Liver
Transplant Support Group for inclusion in the monthly Newsletter and Support Group Scrapbook. I understand that this
information will be used only for official Support Group activities.
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‘An Organ Donor Saved My Life’
This is the saying on a T-shirt that the AOC is using for a
fund raising project. With the funds generated by the
selling of the T-shirts, special gifts will be given to the
Donor Families in addition to the Bronze Medallion now
presented during the Donor Recognition Ceremony.
If you would be interested in a T-shirt, the cost will be $12
including shipping and handling (make checks payable to
UAB/AOC Educ. Fund).
Carrie Peter
Alabama Organ Center
500 22ND Street South, Suite 102
Birmingham, AL 35233
You can also contact Carrie at the Alabama Organ Center
at 205-731-9200.
Remember, you may never know when you might change
someone's mind about organ donation through sharing
your story. You may even change their life!
Please send your ideas for future meetings to me.
Remember to tell your story.
Stan Smith, President
5213 Peppertree Lane
Trussville, AL 35173
Phone 205-655-3151
Heartlungkid1@gmail.com
Jim always attended the Christmas Day
Support Group Lunch at the hospital and
enjoyed talking with everyone.
He was an integral part of Team Alabama and
gave the benediction at the Opening
Ceremonies at the 2002 US Transplant Games
at Disney World. At the 2004 US Transplant
Games in Minneapolis, he participated in the
Donor Memorial Ceremony and delivered the
benediction at the Closing Ceremonies as
shown in the picture below. He spent much of
his time during the games counseling people.
SCHEDULED EVENTS & FUTURE MEETINGS
January 13, 2014 – Support Group meeting
February 10, 2014 – Support Group meeting
March 10, 2014 – Support Group meeting
April 14, 2014 – Support Group meeting
April 26, 2014 – Celebration of Life Picnic
Informal Dinner
The next dinner will be announced in the January
Newsletter. Happy Holidays everyone!!
 And remember to...
Most of all I remember him for his sense of
humor. He was always telling jokes or doing
something to make you laugh. One story about
how he loved to tease Nancy - he told her that
the liver was the only organ transplant mention
in the Bible. Naturally, she fell for it and asked
‘where does it say that’. He replied slowly
‘de….liver…us from evil’! This was followed
with a big laugh from Nancy and him.
Rest in peace my friend, rest in peace.
From all of the officers of the Support
Group, I would like to wish everyone HAPPY
HOLIDAYS and a very prosperous New Year.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
"For it is in giving that we receive.”
…Saint Frances of Assisi
Please tear on the dotted line and return this form as soon as possible to:
UAB Heart, Lung and Liver Transplant Support Group
% Stan Smith
5213 Peppertree Lane
Trussville, AL 35173
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