ABOUT THE BOOK

Taming Josh’s Dragon is about Josh’s life, our transplant experience, our normal day-to-day routines, how together we dealt with his lifelong health challenges, his death and beyond. Yes, there is a “beyond”. I consciously made the choice to remain here after lengthy contemplation of and planning for the unthinkable: joining him in the Hereafter.

This book is written for:

• Parents of a child with a life-threatening illness
• Parents of a child who requires or has had a transplant
• Parents who have lost a child
• All the courageous people on the entire spectrum of organ and tissue donation and transplant
• Organ and tissue donors and their families
• Patients being considered for transplant
• Those on the transplant waiting list
• Organ and tissue transplant recipients
• Families who lost a loved one following transplant
• Families who lost a loved one on the waiting list before a donor became available
• And last, but certainly not least, my beloved Josh, angel in my heart and in spirit, without whom my life would have been forever incomplete. Thank you for lessons learned and your teachings of pure love.