New England Donor Services: Milton Woman Competes in Transplant Games After Organ Donation
As sports fans celebrated the kickoff of soccer’s FIFA World Cup last month, Milton resident Lara Grell was headed to a different kind of athletic competition.
Grell, 39, joined several thousand organ recipients, donors and donor family members in Colorado for the Transplant Games of America, a biennial event celebrating the lives made possible through organ donation. Over four days, participants competed in more than 20 events, such as basketball, badminton, swimming, track and field, trivia, and Texas Hold’em.
For Grell, a double-lung transplant recipient, simply participating in the games as a member of Team New England was a victory.
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