DYAMOND OTT HAD A LIVER/KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WHEN SHE WAS 11 YEARS OLD. HER DONOR WAS ALSO AN 11 YEAR OLD NAMED JACOB GOBEL. JACOB WAS STRUCK BY A CAR RIDING HIS BIKE HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WAS KILLED.
DYAMOND AND HER FAMILY DROVE TO A MEDICAL CENTER IN BEBRASKA FROM HER STATE OF IOWA AND HAD THE SURGERY PERFORMED. AFTER 3 MONTHS OF RECOVERY, SHE RETURNED HOME TO HER NEW LIFE.
SHE SAID BEFORE SHE NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO FEEL HEALTHY, SO SHE NEVER KNEW HOW BAD SHE REALLY FELT, BUT AFTER RECEIVING THE TRANSPLANT, SHE REALLY UNDERSTANDS HOW BAD SHE WAS, AND HOW SICK SHE WAS GETTING.
A YEAR AFTER THE TRANSPLANT, DYAMOND WROTE A LETTER TO JACOB'S FAMILY. IN THE LETTER, SHE WRITE'S HOW HER DOCTOR'S TOLD HER THAT "HER NEW ORGAN'S LOVER HER BODY."
THE HOSPITAL INFORMED DYAMOND THAT SHE COULD NOT GIVE OUT HER LAST NAME OR TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT HERSELF. THE DONOR FAMILY WOULD AHVE TO RESPOND BACK TO THE HOSPITAL IF MEET EACH OTHER COULD BE ARRANGED.
DYAMOND SAID SHE HEARD THAT 3 WEEK'S BEFORED JACOB WAS HIT, HE'D BEEN WATCHING A SHOW CALLED "HEROES", AND HE TOLD HIS DAD THAT HE WOULD WANT TO BE SOMEONE'S HERO, AND NOW HE IS.
JACOB IS DYAMOND'S HERO.
I REGISTERED A LONG TIME AGO TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR, I HOPE YOU HAVE TOO.
BUT I REALIZED THAT SOME OF MY INFORMATION WAS OUTDATED, SO I WENT AHEAD
AND UPGRADED IT. DO IT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH ONE DAY WE WILL NOT BE HERE TO ENJOY LIFE ANYMORE, THERE WILL ALWAY'S BE SOMEONE WHO CAN BECAUSE OF YOU. DONATE.
