Melissa participated in the 2012 Hustle Up The Hancock for her 3rd year. The Hustle consists of climbing 94 floors in the John Hancock Center, one of the tallest buildings in the world! This year Melissa has friends from across the country joining her in the Hustle up the Hancock, including her heart donor’s Mother.
Melissa Simon
This is the story of Melissa Simon who received at Heart Transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
A heart transplant in 2007 brought Melissa Simon from her deepest, sickest day to feeling more alive than ever. Not everyone is as lucky as her – the national waiting list is more than 100,000 people long, and not everyone will receive an organ in time.
Nearly 17 people die each day waiting for life saving organ transplants. Melissa Simon and her family were in the fight of their lives during the summer of 2007 when she was placed on the waiting list for a heart transplant. This is her story, her life, her mission.
