spurgeons HOW BEING SOLD AT GALLERY spurgeon's PAGE5 -PLAINDEALER WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, IVTI Some families are grateful to him for offering some meaning to the death of their loved ones. Others are overcome with grief to realize that all hope is gone. Every encounter is difficult, and his one inspiration is remembering the 1,500 kidney disease victims in Illinois still awaiting donors. Some relatives share that inspiration. "I have one mother who lost her only daughter," he recalls. "She calls every six months to see if her daughter's kidneys are still keeping the two recipients alive. It's really good to be able to tell her yes." potential donors and also transports body parts. Last year, he found and transported 180 kidneys, 150 corenas, 25 skin patches, 12 pancreas glands and four livers. As a corpsman in the Navy, then later as a University of Illinois premed student, Wes Dixon gained experience for the demanding, often heart breaking job. Deciding that he wrfs too old for medical school, Mr. Dixon was working in the university's hemodialysis unit when he was recruited for his present job. Providing invaluable ser vices to others is often not glamourous or dramatic. Like Wes Dixon's job, it can even be exhausting and heartbreaking. But the dedication of people like him working behind the scenes is an essential part of the successful transplants performed by today's surgeons. (For a free copy of the Christopher News Notes, "Let's Talk About Death," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 E. 48th St., New York, NY 10017). What One Person Can Do WES DIXON. "DR. SPARE PART" In one week, Wes Dixon drives 1,000 miles trying to find transplantable organs for patients who would die without them. As "transplantation coor dinator" of the Kidney Disease foundation and the Society for Prevention of Blindness in Illinois. Mr. Dixon, 34, finds Save on Every Item in the Department! Save Over 20%! 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