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500 transplants at Intermountain: Erin’s story

A mother with young kids, one of 500 people who received a transplant at Intermountain Health in 2025.

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Original source: KSL News Utah · Organ transplants reached 500 last year at Intermountain Health
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What it’s about

Erin Baker is a mother of young children. In 2025 she was one of 500 people who received an organ transplant at Intermountain Health, a Utah record. Her story isn’t just a number: it’s a family that still had children to raise and a future to live. When she talks about thinking her kids were too young to grow up without their mom, what she felt becomes universal.

What you take with you

  • 500 transplants in a single year is a milestone, but behind each one is a story like Erin’s.
  • Intermountain Health runs one of the most active transplant programs in the western United States.
  • Transplant doesn’t just save the patient: it saves the entire family that depends on that person.

Why I’m sharing this

Because numbers are abstract until they have a face. 500 transplants sounds huge, but it’s Erin. It’s her family. It’s every person on that list waiting for their turn. Intermountain Health celebrated for a reason: those are 500 real lives.

A personal note

What this video leaves me with

When I heard Erin say she thought her kids were too young to grow up without their mom, something shook in me. I don’t have children, but I know what it’s like to feel like time is running out. My transplant was February 6, 2026. If Intermountain achieved 500 transplants in a year, imagine how many families like Erin’s got a second chance. Those aren’t numbers, those are Sunday breakfasts that almost didn’t happen.