(Source: The University of Mississippi Medical Center) Media Contact: Ruth Cummins at 601-984-1104 or ricummins@umc.edu. Sept. 15, 2014. It was the day that 18-year-old Gabriel Jordan of Tupelo died. It was the day that Pearl resident Sam Walker received a kidney and pancreas transplant at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Gabriel's mom, Christine Jordan, and 44-year-old Walker discovered their common bond during a chance conversation on Friday as they took part in the Legacy Lap, a gathering for transplant recipients and donor families in the Norman C. Nelson Student Union. Through her tears, Jordan raised Walker's T-shirt to examine the scar on his abdomen, which now shelters...
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