Provided. Transplant recipient Linda Ramos, of Schererville, will ride on this year's Donate Life float in the Tournament of Roses Parade.
MUNSTER – Schererville resident Linda Ramos had one wish – to have more time to spend with her family. At 33, she had congestive heart failure, diabetes, kidney failure and was going blind.
Two-and-one-half years later, the gift of time came to Ramos in the form of a pancreas transplant from a complete stranger. She can now do something she never could before – live life to the fullest.
“My life is now amazing,” she said. “Everything I do in life now is with passion. I am at every event my daughter is in, cheering her on. I started running and have competed in more than 55 road races. I work as an occupational therapy assistant.
"But, while I want my story to touch people, my story is not about me. It is about the 120,000 people on the organ donation waiting list. They deserve the same happy ending.”
Ramos will be raising awareness about organ donation when she rides aboard the Donate Life float, representing Northwest Indiana, in the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
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