Children's Transplant Initiative

Meet Nathan, a remarkable 15-year-old who is currently waiting for a heart transplant in our CTI housing. Despite facing extraordinary challenges, Nathan continues to demonstrate incredible resilience, courage, and unwavering determination to move forward.

In this episode of Super Brave Kids with the talented Chloe Temtchine, Nathan shares how choosing his beliefs, maintaining hope, and focusing on a positive outlook help him navigate the uncertainties of waiting for a new heart. His strength is a powerful reminder that while we cannot always control our circumstances, we can choose how we respond to them.

Nathan never gives up. His story is one of bravery, perseverance, and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

Please join us in sending Nathan love and encouragement in the comments.

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Thank you to our friends at Pre to Post Transplant Foundation for featuring CTI's story this month in your newsletter! We value our partnership and we look forward to many more years of supporting our fellow transplant families together!

Our June newsletter is here!

This month, we’re sharing summer safety tips for transplant recipients, a caregiver story, a living donor feature, information on PTSD and transplant, a helpful caregiver resource, and a community partner spotlight.

💜 Read the June newsletter here:https://heyzine.com/flip-book/0e29eeec95.html

🦸‍♀️ Superhero Spotlight: First Touch Family

This month, we’re honored to highlight one of our incredible partners, First Touch Family. Their mission is to walk alongside families experiencing child loss by providing emotional support, practical resources, financial assistance, and meaningful aftercare connections.

Through their Blessing Box program, they remind grieving families that they are seen, supported, and never alone.

Thank you, First Touch Family, for the hope and compassion you bring to families during their most difficult moments. 💙

Please keep Khaleesi and her sweet family in your prayers tonight as she gets her gift of life, a new heart!! Prayers for the donor family are much needed as well as they share this selfless gift in a time of grief. 💙💚

WE GOT THE CALL!!! KHALEESI GOT HER MATCH!!!
Please Keep Khaleesi Up In Prayers!!!
She will be taken back by 11PM for her heart transplant!!
We will keep everyone posted!!!
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYERS!! 🙏🏼😭🫶🏼

The CTI Team is excited to officially welcome Kimmy Witty as our new Family Services Coordinator!

Almost 15 years ago, Kimmy received the kidney transplant that changed all our lives. Her living donor was her dad. Five years after her transplant, the Lord placed a calling on her heart to come alongside other pediatric transplant families and provide the support and encouragement they need—a vision that helped inspire the founding of Children’s Transplant Initiative.
As a pediatric transplant recipient herself, Kimmy brings a unique and deeply personal perspective to this role. In addition to her own transplant journey, she has valuable experience as a Child Life Specialist and specialized training in supporting pediatric patients, families, and siblings navigating medical trauma.
We are incredibly grateful to have Kimmy officially join the CTI family. Her passion, experience, and heart for service will help us expand our Hope LifeLine program and create even more meaningful opportunities to support transplant families through personalized services, programs, and events.

Please join us in giving Kimmy a warm CTI welcome! We are thrilled to have her on our team and look forward to the impact she will make in the lives of the families we serve.

🌎💚 June 6 is World Transplant Day.

Today, we celebrate the incredible gift of transplantation and the lives forever changed through organ, eye, and tissue donation.

At Children's Transplant Initiative, we honor the brave patients, devoted caregivers, generous donors, donor families, and medical teams who make hope possible every day.

Transplantation is more than a medical miracle—it’s a second chance at birthdays, milestones, family moments, and brighter futures.

As we celebrate, we also recognize the ongoing need for registered donors and continued support for transplant families across the country.

Together, we are creating hope, one life at a time. 💚

Calling all kidney transplant families!

Sweet, precious Kylie is in the loving arms of Jesus and our hearts are breaking for her family as they grieve this incredible loss of their beautiful baby girl! Kylie was able to be an organ donor and she was able to donate her liver and both kidneys… she truly is a hero and quite the warrior! Please join us in praying for her family during this difficult time! Her family will always be a part of the CTI family! 🙏💔💙💚

Our hearts are heavy today as we share the passing of baby Kylie Overfield. 💔

Many of you followed Kylie's journey with us here at FOX 26 when the brave infant traveled to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, capturing the nation's attention as she underwent a rare, life-saving double-lung transplant.

Though her time with us was far too short, little Kylie’s spirit, her family's unwavering faith, and the selflessness of organ donation gave her a beautiful second chance to experience life and let her voice be heard.

We extend our deepest condolences, thoughts, and prayers to the Overfield family during this incredibly difficult time. Rest in peace, sweet Kylie. 🕊️✨

Read the full story on her legacy.

We have some great people who would love to visit with you if you have ever considered becoming a living kidney donor!

Did you know you have the power to change a life? 💚

Right now, over 90,000 people in the United States are waiting for a kidney transplant. The wait for a deceased donor can take anywhere from 2 to 10 years—time that many patients simply don’t have.

But there is an incredible alternative: a living kidney donation can change everything:

⏱️ Drastically cuts wait times: From years down to an average of just 120 days through the National Kidney Registry (NKR).
⏳ Lasts significantly longer: A kidney from a living donor typically thrives for 20–40 years, compared to 8–15 years from a deceased donor.

You only need one kidney to live a full, healthy life. By sharing your spare, you can give someone their future back.

Help us reach our mission of mobilizing 7,000 living donors! 💪 Learn how you can start your journey or share this post to spread the word.

👉 Visit kidneysforkids.org to find out more.