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| Image by: ANGIE ERICKSON/Standard-Examiner. Evan Kraaima holds a photo of Tyce Olsen, of Riverton. Tyce's donated liver is credited with keeping Evan alive. Tyce would've turned 13 on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. An avid cross country motorcycle racer, Tyce died participating in the sport he loved when he was 10. |
Included in a collage of family pictures on the Kraaimas’ living room wall hangs a photo of 10-year-old Tyce Olsen on the motocross bike he dearly loved.
Had Tyce not died while speeding to the finish line on that motorcycle, he would have turned 13 years old on Friday, Nov. 4.
Evan Kraaima might not be a typical 13-year-old today either if Tyce hadn’t died two years ago. Tyce’s parents donated his organs, which allowed Evan to receive the liver he desperately needed.
“We think about how lucky we are,” said Neil Kraaima, Evan’s father. “We’re celebrating, but at the same time, someone is grieving.” Continue reading
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from Donate Life Organ and Tissue Donation Blog℠ http://donatelife-organdonation.blogspot.com/2016/11/roy-family-celebrates-birthday-of-organ.html
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