My son's heart beats on

Article Abstract:

An emergency-room nurse makes the painful decision to remove her son from life-support and donate his organs to save others. The 10-year old's heart was transplanted into a 71-year old man, who has been given a second lease on life with the new organ.

Personal narratives, Heart, Heart transplantation, Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue donation

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Who will love these children?

Article Abstract:

A description of an adoption fair held in Meriden, Connecticut, is presented. Some 49 families attended the fair to meet with the 19 children who were looking for new families. There are around 122,000 children waiting to be adopted in the US.

Analysis, Fairs and festivals, Adoption, Adoptees, Meriden, Connecticut

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"My daughter the miracle." (miracle healing)

Article Abstract:

Pope John Paul II has declared that the healing of Teresia Benedicta McCarthy was a miracle. The two-year-old child recovered from acetaminophen poisoning although doctors did not believe she would without a liver transplant.

Case studies, Miracles, Religious aspects, Spiritual healing, McCarthy, Teresia Benedicta

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