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Medical staff who helped me when I was so sick as a youngster. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f94350991472cc53fe67a/1604380392749/FB_IMG_1584313733094+%282%29.jpg Gallery Steve with his hospital roommate Marshall, both having donated an organ to their Dads. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f951a2366312117c06ecb/1604378929662/4th+Degree+1.jpg Gallery Gordon Franks, a Co-Founder of USA Karate, tying on my 4th degree black belt three months and three days after my kidney transplant surgery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f964c0991472cc5401516/1604378566497/photo113.jpg Gallery Steve pitching as I coached his baseball team. We did this for a dozen years together. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f966911f67f690ae2c2cd/1604380424083/SM+photooldr37+%282%29.jpg Gallery Discharge from the hospital day! A nurse who helped me when I was so sick as a youngster. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f96851458eb762c3fe5c7/1604380445469/SM+Kidney+Walk+1+2010.jpg Gallery Speaking at the Twin Cities Kidney Walk three years after transplant surgery. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f96ce23873844ceb51650/1604380460089/SM+Steve+and+Me+5+Year+Transplant+Anniversary.jpg Gallery Steve and me at our 5-year kidney transplant celebration. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f96ef0991472cc5401d44/1604378280287/SM+photooldr39+%282%29.jpg Gallery Discharge from the hospital day! One of my fellow pediatric patients also dealing with kidney disease. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f971173e1561a65ef3273/1604378625375/photo116.jpg Gallery Steve, second from left, playing in an All-Star while I was coaching baseball. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f978d0e604768db360e7a/1604380508601/SM+Minneapolis+3311+West+46th+Street+House+%282%29.jpg Gallery The house where I was 4th grade home-school tutored after missing so much school with hospital time as a youngster. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f980f11f67f690ae2dff8/1604380539630/kr011+%282%29.jpg Gallery My karate instructor, Allan Kunstmann, tying on my first degree black belt ten years before my kidney transplant. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f98229e7da9554f61662c/1604380566675/kr013+%282%29.jpg Gallery Me with Steve and my parents after I received my first black belt. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f9847501b164da3ca9d2e/1604380581401/SM+Picture+009.jpg Gallery Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, Minnesota - our family summer escape including soon after our kidney transplant surgeries. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f98862725f32ff0761349/1604379075505/SM+Kidney+Recognition+Dinner+%282%29.jpg Gallery Me speaking at a National Kidney Foundation event. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f98a703e56c25d65310a8/1604380600073/SM+photoh05.jpg Gallery At a family event after my rejection episode and getting used to an uncomfortable PNT. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f98c1c0d9fd7d2f9c2dc8/1604378336761/SM+photooldr38+%282%29.jpg Gallery Discharge from the hospital day! One of my fellow pediatric patients also dealing with kidney disease. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f98f4622e88214ea3cc83/1604379237792/FB_IMG_1584313762098+%283%29.jpg Gallery With Marshall's Dad, Bob, at a fundraising event after our transplant surgeries. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f99a3a48e4130fe184157/1604379328603/SM+Maple+Grove+Magazine+Transplant+-+Karate+Article.JPG Gallery A local magazine story about me achieving 5th degree black belt after our kidney transplant surgeries. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f99c52366312117c0d354/1604379386360/photo110a.jpg Gallery Coaching Steve's "coach-pitch" baseball team, my first year of doing so. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f99c5f1e2374e5044ac19c2/5f9b934ddf224e395fdc8cbc/5f9f9a2773e1561a65ef7023/1604380653150/March+25%2C+2013+071+%282%29.jpg Gallery With Pat Worley, USA Karate Co-Founder, after I achieved Master Status with my 5th degree black belt promotion. 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