News & Stories
Transplant lifechanging for musician, sound healer
Friday, September 6, 2024
Alma Drake is a musician and a sound healer and spends a lot of their time listening with their eyes closed.
Two-time cornea recipient competes at Transplant Games
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
When she was in college, Crystal Ellis struggled with a lack of depth perception due to a giant cloudy scar on her right eye.
Donor was 'rock' of emergency room
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Bonnie Thomas was “the rock” of the emergency room at UnityPoint Health-Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.
Physician Assistant has seen both sides of donation
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Although a few of Myrl Holida’s loved ones have been cornea donors, Holida never thought he would be on the other side of the process.
Schmidt helps provide corneal transplants in Eswatini
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
It’s a bright, clear January morning in Sidvokodvothe, Eswatini, approximately 250 miles east of Johannesburg, South Africa. A large group of people have gathered at the tan prescreening building on the Miracle Campus of The Luke Commission, which provides free medical care to some of the kingdom’s most isolated and underserved citizens.
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