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The Journey Continues

The Journey Continues

By: National Kidney Foundation of Illinois
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 The Journey Continues is a podcast committed to promoting kidney health and organ donation through powerful stories. Host Monica Fox is a kidney transplant recipient and Director of Outreach and Government Relations for the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. This series will feature the journeys of kidney patients, living donors, transplant recipients, donor families and industry experts who continue to educate the community through their own experiences and stories.© 2025 National Kidney Foundation of Illinois Social Sciences
Episodes
  • In Honor of My Donor

    In Honor of My Donor
    Jul 8 2025

    Moira Miller was a healthy, active 20-something when she learned her liver was failing and she would need a transplant. Several decades later, she found herself in need of a combination liver and kidney transplant. Through the years, she’s found community with the organ transplant community and is living her life to the fullest in honor of her donor.

    Connect with Moira on social media

    Instagram: @jimoira

    Facebook: @Moira Lydon Miller

    LinkedIn: Moira Miller
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    21 mins
  • Rare But Lucky

    Rare But Lucky
    Jun 24 2025

    Biologist Susan May felt a little back pain that she suspected might be a kidney stone. She never expected to learn a large tumor had been slowly growing inside her for the past decade.

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    19 mins
  • Living the Dream

    Living the Dream
    Jun 10 2025

    Rob Russell’s no stranger to hospital visits. Since his liver transplant as a baby, he’s experienced a kidney transplant, two open heart surgeries, and a stroke. But thanks to the family who chose to donate their child’s liver three decades ago, he’s accomplished many of his dreams – including attending his dream school, working in NASCAR, fatherhood -- and he’s not planning to stop dreaming any time soon.

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    25 mins
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