Amy Tippins should have already been dead. Doctors told her parents that the 17-year-old girl with two dozen tumors in her liver might only last another week without a transplan
That was 1993.
Monday, Tippins was in Columbus at Midtown Medical Center talking about how an organ donation from Mike James, a Phenix City police officer, saved her life 20 years ago.
On New Year’s Day in California, Tippins will be riding upon the Donor Life Float in the Tournament of Roses Parade. Also on that float will be a floragraph, a portrait of James made entirely of flowers.
The floragraph honoring James was on display at the hospital where the highly decorated officer was brought on Valentine’s Day after suffering a ruptured aneurysm that resulted in him crashing his car. He was 47.
Tippins, who received her new liver on Feb. 20, was one of eight people receiving donations from James.
Continue readingOn New Year’s Day in California, Tippins will be riding upon the Donor Life Float in the Tournament of Roses Parade. Also on that float will be a floragraph, a portrait of James made entirely of flowers.
The floragraph honoring James was on display at the hospital where the highly decorated officer was brought on Valentine’s Day after suffering a ruptured aneurysm that resulted in him crashing his car. He was 47.
Tippins, who received her new liver on Feb. 20, was one of eight people receiving donations from James.
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