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Pamela Paulk Podcast


Pamela Paulk, vice president of human resources, is donating a kidney as part of a series of “domino” kidney transplants. Because of her generosity, a fellow employee at The Johns Hopkins Hospital will receive a kidney transplant. She also hopes to increase public awareness of the importance of organ donation and is telling her story throughout her personal journey. 

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Program Notes:

Pamela Paulk

0:30    It’s a long journey, I came to it over a long slow process
1:04    Went to watch a kidney transplant
1:44    Talked to the transplant people
2:20    Met an employee who needed a kidney
3:03    He wasn’t on the transplant list
3:47    One other thing on the road
4:40    Courage doesn’t feel like what it is to me
5:19    I hope that out of this one other person comes forward
5:52    Takes your body that long to heal
6:22    What’s the worst fear?
7:06    My kidney won’t work in somebody else
7:44    I want to be able to feel good about it
8:03    End


Follow Pamela on her journey to donate a kidney to a fellow co-worker.

http://pameladonates.blogspot.com
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