Four years ago, 28-year-old Ana Kenney was told that she would either spend the rest of her life on dialysis or have to wait up to 10 years for a kidney transplant.

Cooper Pierce was 13 years old when doctors diagnosed him with pulmonary hypertension. After undergoing a heart and double-lung transplant at UAB Hospital, he is now a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and hopes his story can inspire others.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine have established the first uterus transplant program in the Southeast and the fourth such program in the United States.

Because of the need for social distancing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Legacy of Hope (LoH, formerly the Alabama Organ Center) has cancelled in-person events for National Donate Life Month, an observance established by Donate Life America to raise awareness about the need for organ donation. That’s the bad news. The good news is that, even in this time of crisis, organ donation continues due to the generosity of donors, their families, and the frontline staff who support the LoH mission.