Morgan Flynn

Type of Donation:          two-time lung recipient, tissue and cornea donor

Age and Location:          Age 24 – Phoenix, AZ

Donation Date:             7/25/2018

Sponsor:                   Honored by LifeShare of Oklahoma

MORGAN’S STORY

Morgan Flynn, of Tushka, Okla., was born with Cystic Fibrosis. As a young child, she was very sick but managed her symptoms with medication. The disease did not define Morgan, but it created and heavily impacted part of her story. At the age of eight, Morgan received a transplant which saved her life. Even at a young age, she was so incredibly grateful for the gift of life she had been given. She continued to grow up as normally as possible, despite her health issues. Morgan was an upbeat child and teenager. She never felt bad for herself or sat in her sorrow. She saw the positive, smiled often and was known for her infamous giggle. She loved animals and planned to become a veterinarian one day. Morgan had animals, such as a mini pig, dog, and hedgehog. She also showed goats with Future Farmers of America and loved taking care of them.

As member of the Choctaw Tribe, she greatly loved her family. She spent time with them every day and loved watching her brother’s baseball games at Tushka High School. As Morgan got older, her Cystic Fibrosis continued to take over her body, which caused rejection of her lungs. She was relisted for another transplant and when Morgan was thirteen years of age, received a second set of lungs. She was so grateful for this gift of life. As she grew in age and maturity, Morgan never forgot to honor her donors, praising them, and keeping them in her heart. She would often gather her family together to participate in memorial runs to honor the heroes who gave her the gift of life. While Morgan persevered through all her trials, Cystic Fibrosis kept her sick. Despite being sick, she still insisted on going to school – even if it were only for a couple of hours. She had plenty of reason to want to give up, but she never allowed it to be an option for her. Eventually, Morgan ended up in the hospital with lung complications from her illness, which eventually ended her life. As fate would have it, after Morgan’s death, she was able to become a donor as well, donating her corneas and heart valves, saving others’ lives in the same way that her life was saved.