A 77-year-old Kokomo man and double transplant recipient will ride on a float in this year’s Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
Jerry Sexton Sr. is one of 30 people from across the world riding aboard Donate Life’s “Light Up The World” float.
Sexton and his wife have become strong advocates for organ donation. After all, it saved his life and greatly improved hers.
Rosie’s eyesight started failing her in the late 90’s, and without corneal transplants, she’d go blind. She went on the transplant list and received a right cornea in 2000 and a left one five years later.
A few years after her first transplant, she found out her husband needed one of a different kind.
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