When Hope Is Your Only Option

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Jim Stavis was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at seventeen and was told he might not live to see fifty. Despite this, he went on to build a family, found Paragon Steel, and underwent a triple organ transplant, receiving a heart and kidney transplant in 2005, followed by a pancreas transplant in 2006. His inspiring journey is also connected to the donor family whose gift made his second life possible. In the revised edition of his memoir, featured in the source of hope documentary, Jim shares the years he spent caring for his wife, Renee, through her battle with cancer and reflects on what hope meant after such profound loss.