Waiting for a Second Chance
NOTE - While producing this video, Bill received his lifesaving heart and kidney transplants.
20-year-old Columbia College student Bill Coon is waiting for a kidney and heart transplant. In the ICU since August 2009, this video provides insight from Bill's sister, Carissa, about the emotional struggle of watching her brother wait on the national organ transplant list. A student at Eastern Illinois University, Carissa took it upon herself to lead efforts to encourage other college students to register as organ donors as part of the 2009 Donate Life Illinois Campus Challenge.
To register as an organ donor in Illinois, visit http://www.DonateLifeIllinois.org.
Non-Illinois residents can visit http://www.DonateLife.net to find out how to register in their state.
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