20140315 - Transplant Survivors (KG)

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com San Dickenson of Hawthorn Woods received a liver transplant in 2011.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Donna Frett of McHenry received a liver transplant in 2005.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com David Johnson of Crystal Lake received a liver transplant in 2003.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Kathy Provenzano of Wonder Lake has recently been put on the list to received a liver transplant.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Alice Quile of McHenry received a liver transplant in 2003, and formed the Transplant Support Group of Northern Illinois in 2004. .

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Jim Woolford od Woodstock received a liver transplant in 2009, and is currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Bob Jarvis of Crystal Lake received a liver transplant in 2001.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Steven Melvin of Island Lake received a liver transplant in 2008.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Don Kinsala of McHenry lost his wife, Barbara, while she was on a waiting list for a liver transplant in 2011.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Kim Bollider of Madison, Wis. received a kidney and pancreus transplant in 2003.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com David Johnson of Crystal Lake received a liver transplant in 2005.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Paul Hain of Spring Grove received a liver transplant in 2012.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Carol Prebianca of Antioch received a liver transplant in 2007.

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Don Kinsala of McHenry lost his wife in 2011, while she was waiting for a liver transplant. Pictured is Kinsala asking questions during the Transplant Support Group of McHenry County ten year anniversary meeting Saturday, March 15, 2014. "After Barbara died, I was about six months in the funk, and I came down and got with these people," said Kinsala. "The camaraderie kind of snapped me out of it a little bit. I felt that I could keep Barbara's legacy going by contributing to others."

Kyle Grillot - kgrillot@shawmedia.com Alexis Provenzano (right) of Wonder Lake looks to her mother Kathy while talking about the different aspects of care taking and waiting for a transplant during the Transplant Support Group of McHenry County ten year anniversary meeting Saturday, March 15, 2014.