Gallery
Jessica J, step-father Rick and mother Lois
Chapter 19
Dr. Mallory with Ruth E during recovery from transplant surgery
Chapter 18
Dr. Mallory posing with Gada, still alive in her teen years.
Chapter 18
Teenage transplant recipient with Drs. Heinle, Elidemir, and Mallory
Chapter 6 and 7
Dr. Mallory greeted by Dr. Al-haider in Saudi Arabia.
Chapter 18
Jordan P as a college student with parents Annette and Dan celebrating his 10 year lungiversary.
Chapter 14
Dr. Mallory visiting Maira J in her home 8 years after her transplant
Chapter 18
Grant M, liver-lung recipient, with wife, going strong years later.
Chapter 21
Dr. Mallory examining Dylan D one week after successful surgery, feeling little pain!
Chapter 14 and 29
Angelina H at one of her birthday celebrations with world-famous smile.
Chapter 16
Dylan D and his mother with family dog.
Chapters 14 and 29
Dr Tina Melicoff, current medical director of TCH lung transplant program
Chapter 7
Team social gathering at Melicoff residence.
Dylan D fishing off Louisiana coast.
Chapter 14 and 29
Dr Mallory accepting flowers from Gada with her father on the right and Dr. Al-haider in the center.
Chapter 18
GP, one of our youngest TCH lung transplant candidates. I attended his emotional memorial service.
Jordan P with a mammoth fishing trophy.
Chapter 14
Gabby F's family, most born after her transplant and death.
Chapter 16
Jordan P on a successful day of hunting.
Chapter 14
An entire lamb served for dinner by the father of Gada and his extended family in my honor. Men only. We had to sit on the floor!
Chapter 18
An artistic rendition of lungs and heart ready for transplantation and into the torn lives of those involved; created by Sarah D.
Chapter 15
Rob H, a brave adolescent with CF who took on transplantation with its uncertainties in a spirit of courage.
Chapters 14, 25 and 29
A young African American boy with CF who had a liver transplant first and then a lung transplant years later at TCH. His story is not in the book.
A little girl from Spain who got deathly ill while in Orlando on vacation and who got public health insurance and was transplanted at TCH.
A joyful Hispanic boy from Houston who got Stevens-Johnson Syndrome leaving him blind and dying from lung disease. He was transplanted and secured a place in all of our hearts at TCH.
Chapter 17
A brave young woman with CF who received a lung and liver transplant and died years later. I attended her funeral. In this picture, she is joined by her social worker, nurse coordinator and Dr. Gazzaneo.
Parson H at the Transplant Olympics with her winning medal at age 2 or so.
Chapter 16
Bella from North Carolina who was transplanted as a critically ill infant and lived over 10 years, always one of best dressed transplant recipients!
Chapter 16
Transplant team in approximately 2020. It takes a big team!
Chapter 9
Jordan P at college graduation with his brother and admirers.
Chapter 14
Ruth E from the years prior to transplant. She had CF and was on oxygen supplementation but engaged in painting while at home in Israel.
Chapter 18
A spirited young boy who had been on a ventilator since birth when transplanted at age seven years. His outcome was compromised by seizures and autism
Omar R during annual Houston Rodeo celebration.
Chapter 17
Eternal smile of Omar R from his funeral bulletin.
Chaper 17
Nurse heroes: Nicole D at the top, Janet B bottom left and Melissa N
Chapter 8
Angelina H and her two sisters
Chapter 16
Drs. Dean McKenzie and Mallory
Chapter 6 and 7
Angelina H on her 4th birthday.
Chaper 16
Mandi, a little girl with severe CF, after her transplant,
Chapter 14
Dr Mallory with Sarah D after her transplant.
Chapter 15
Parson H and Dr. Mallory enjoying a light moment of which there were blessedly many.
Chapter 16a
Parson H posing with Dr. Mallory
Chapter 16
Parson H almost grown up with Dr. Mallory
Chapter 16
Mock gift by CF lung transplant recipient who wanted to impress her audience as to my actual age. There was a 1 in the upper left followed by an almost infinite series of zeros. The bow tie was my style signature!
Nurse Jennifer, administrative assistant Michelle, and original TCH nurse coordinator Pegg with Dr. Mallory
Chapter 8
Jessica J, adolescent with CF, and Nurse Coordinator Debbie S
Chapter 19