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@dfibkitty.bsky.social
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An ordinary heart transplant recipient leading an extraordinary life. 💚Runner/Hiker/Skier 💚Amateur Naturalist 💚Dog Mom 💚Speaker/Writer 💚Donor AllianceAdvocate/Media 💚Singer/Actress 💙Dirt Road Democrat 🚫DMs/Solicitation www.andreaogg.com

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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Health insurance has long occupied a bizarre place for the American Taxpayer: We are highly encouraged to buy it but to NEVER use it. How is paying for something you have yet to use fraud? My husband is on the ACA. He never uses it. It's in place for a catastrophe so we don't lose everything. 🙄😡
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today in #MyWildLife: It’s Fall on Nighthawk Hill. Cool, misty mornings are the perfect time for Pigpen & Sally, our bonded pair of #ravens, to engage in allopreening. This maintains physical health, strengthens bonds & releases stress. #bird #birds #nature #photography #colorado
Two American Ravens perch atop a large snag on a moody grey morning. Behind them is an enormous granite outcrop atop a hill. We can see mist/clouds & dark green pine trees at the base of the rocky Noddlehead.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I didn't want to make dinner tonight, so I told my husband that cooking would be a threat to national security. I took no questions. I suggest we all begin using that phrase everywhere we go to explain why we want to do or not do everything under the sun. Ridiculous. 🙄 #threattonationalsecurity
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: A quick hike out to Comet Rock, where a few years ago we sat and watched NEOWISE. Shhh… take a quick #MentalHealthMoment. #colorado #mountains #hiking
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today, in #MyWildlife: Being an Amateur #Naturalist is easy. No technical vest or $4k telephoto lens needed. Just: PJs, iPhone, curiosity, a willingness to get grubby, & zero shame. It helps to have a husband who secretly photographs your brand of crazy. Clearly. #photography #nature
A woman in a purple robe and red plaid pajama pants is lying in the dirt with an outstretched right hand full of birdseed while she films with her iPhone in her left hand.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today, in Your Daily Thurston: Sir, you’re doing concealment wrong. #YourDailyThurston #fox #redfox #nature #photography #MyWildLife
A male red fox peeks at the camera from behind a pine bough, his left eye almost totally concealed, his right eye looking right at the camera, his ears up, face relaxed. His mid-September coat is a light coppery color in the I direct light, his cheeks, chin and throat a gorgeous soft white, on black front leg just visible.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Follow-up questions: 1) Name a past US election that *has* included a "plan for enforcement action at polling places." 2) What *actual* quantitative data suggests such a plan is necessary now? SHOW YOUR WORK. Federal policy must be based in reality.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When you’re an #Aussie, the first rule of Bark Club is that you *always* bark about Bark Club. #dog #dogs #australianshepherd #barkclub #coloradolife
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: Your Daily Thurston. The velvet rope Thurston has allowed me behind during our mornings together is the most beautiful VIP experience of my life. #YourDailyThurston #fox #redfox #photography #nature #vip
A male red fox stands in front of a log in profile, his his turned over his right shoulder, the morning sun alighting his light brown eyes and gorgeous coppery fall coat topped off by an outrageously floofy tail with a bright white tip. His mouth is slightly open, making it appear as though he’s smiling.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So the Iranians are “meddling” with the midterms by defending themselves in the war that Trump & Republicans began illegally. But *this* is totes okay. Got it. When I don’t receive this check, how will I know *it’s* the one I didn’t receive & not the DOGE or Tariff checks I also never received?
BBC screenshot: Trump says every adult In America will get $5000 if Republicans win midterms.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: Welcome to The Turkey Vulture Spa! Here’s a gorgeous #vulture holding a horaltic pose in the morning sun. Why? It assists with thermoregulation after a cool night, dries feathers damp w/ morning dew & kills bacteria, parasites & mites. #bird #birds #nature #photography
A turkey vulture perches atop a snag against a bright blue Colorado sky, its wings spread for warming to the morning sun as he faces West.A zoomed out view of a turkey vulture perched atop a snag against a bright blue Colorado sky, its wings spread for warming to the morning sun as he faces West. In the South we see a large granite spire.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tori and I think dog days of summer are WAY better than they sound.
Woman with sunglasses on top of her head hugging the neck of a blue Merle Australian shepherd with baby blue eyes.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: Have you ever considered an American Robin? It’s a bird almost anyone in N. America can identify, but do most people really *see* it? This beauty just landed & submitted its headshot for Wikipedia & Merlin consideration. #bird #birds #photograpjy #nature #robin
An America Robin stands on a deck railing in diffuser morning sunlight, pine trees and light blue sky at his back.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: It was in the 40s last night on Nighthawk Hill and Thurston’s #Fallosophy is simple: Cool air. Warm sun. Zero agenda. #YourDailyThurston #redfox #fox #nature #photography #fall
A male red fox sits in the shade on the forest floor, a vibrant green bush behind him is lit up with morning sunlight. His body is facing the photographer 3/4 but his head is turned to the left, looking at something off-camera.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: Your Daily Thurston. “I am Thurston, hear me roar!” #redfox #fox #nature #photography
A gorgeous red fox stands on a log with his eyes closed and his head tilted up, his mouth wide open as if he’s yelling.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My husband’s name is Derek. He asked me if I had any opinions about his name before we met. I enthusiastically shared I liked the name so much at 8 yrs old that it’s what I named the dad of The Sunshine Family (hippie) doll set I had. We pulled up a photo of them & now we can’t stop laughing.
Screenshot of a vintage doll set from the 70s called The Sunshine Family. There is a Dad, a Mon and 2 babies.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: Your Daily Thurston. I love to catch him doing his lil #fox things & thinking his lil fox thoughts. He was watching the Steller's Jays jockeying for position in the tree next to the feeding platform, wondering what those noisy blue lunatics were on about. #redfox #nature
A handsome male red fox stands in the woods, his head tilted up, his eyes seeing birds in the tree he's watching.A handsome male red fox stands in the woods, his head tilted further up than in the previous photo, his eyes seeing birds in the tree he's watching.A handsome male red fox stands in the woods in dappled morning sunlight, staring directly at the photographer.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Today, in #MyWildlife: Your daily Thurston. Today’s pose & expression are reading both competent wild predator & mildly inconvenienced woodland gentleman who has been asked to hold for a photograph. Good day, sir. ❤️ #redfox #fox #nature #photography
A gorgeously healthy male red fox stands with his front feet on a small boulder/rock, his hind feet on the ground. He is looking g directly at the camera.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Today, in #MyWildlife: I think of Thurston so often & can describe to you how incredible it feels to know a wild #redfox. But I wonder what it feels like inside of his #fox mind, to know me? Only Thurston knows & so far, he’s not talking. ❤️ #nature #photography #naturalist
Photo of a red fox. The fox’s body is angled away from the camera as he turns back to look directly at the photographer. Full side view ID photoof a mature male red fox. We see dark lower legs, a broad white throat, the diffuse gray-buff wash through his hips, and a gloriously bushy tail with a dark saddle through the middle into the bright clean white tail tip. The fox’s body is attentive to the photographer & alert but there is no obvious tension in it.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: Thurston poses, I swear. I love that he’s decided I’m so low risk that we can share the same space while still allowing him to remain a wild animal. Thank you for turning me into an amateur naturalist, my good sir. It’s made a huge difference in my life. 🥰 #redfox #fox
A gorgeous male red fox stands with his front feet on a log and his hind feet on the ground, his entire body stretched to its full glory as he stands in the bright morning sunlight against a huge green bush.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Who a country chooses to commemorate is a statement about whose courage it considers part of the national story. Dorie Miller was the nation's first black recipient of the Navy Cross for unbelievable heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Donald Trump is a draft-dodging, 34x-convicted felon.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As seen on Santa Fe in Denver today at exactly the moment I needed to see it. Rest in Peace, Dolly. The world was a significantly better place with you in it.
Photo of a bumper sticker on a car in Denver that reads “God bless Dolly Parton.”
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: Clean water + a camera magically turns ordinary ground into a window. This is a compilation of all of the 23 #mammals we've recorded on camera on Nighthawk Hill. It's amazing what goes on right under your nose at night! #amateurnaturalist #wildlife #nature #colorado
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Today in #MyWildLife: We have a birdseed moth infestation on Nighthawk Hill & tonight The Boy discovered he can use our handheld vac to catch them. I’ve never seen another human more enthusiastic about using a vacuum.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife: I HAVE MADE FOOD! Nighthawk Hill has gone agrarian & these first little yellow squash beauties are almost ready to be harvested. My paternal grandmother loved tending to her vegetable garden— she’d be so proud! #gardening #vegetables
Photo of a woman’s hand holding back the bright green leaves of  yellow squash plant, revealing g 3 squash nearing maturity, another baby growing and a lovely blossom that will become another squash.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My God, I’m exhausted. All I did my ENTIRE life was play by the rules. Paid my bills, paid my taxes, obeyed the law, was a responsible, good citizen. My Golden Years are now being destroyed for a new Gilded Age for self-obsessed Nepo-baby mediocre white men who have never done any of that. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
When you spend an evening with #Beetlejuice & emerged only a lil possessed. 👻 Playing at the Denver Center for Performing Arts thru Sunday & laugh out loud funny— treat yourself to a fun show! (Thankfully Boebert was nowhere in the vicinity this time) #musicaltheatre #gno #friends
Two women standing with their arms around each other smiling into the camera. The woman on the left is wearing a leopard print one-shouldered dress and the woman on the right is wearing a sleeveless black lace dress.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I was finally over my shock at constantly receiving mail selling me European River Cruises, marketed to people of a certain age, when *this* arrived. It’s a *WWII-specific* River Cruise all the way up the Seine to Normandy. I’m not old enough for this. I’m Gen X! Please make it stop. #GenX #oaf
Photo of the front of a travel ad booklet that reads:
“WWI
THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM TRAVEL
NORMANDY AND THE SEINE RIVER TOUR
Sail the
Seine to the Shores of Normandy
SAVE $2,000 per couple when booked by September 18, 2026!”

There is a photo of the Eiffel Tower and the Seine with a cruise boat on it.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Today, in #MyWildlife: Animals are my groove, but The Boy also got us into #plants by planting our 1st #vegetable & herb #garden. Mixed success thanks to chipmunks & crazy heat but WE HAVE SQUASH. I water these lovelies daily while visiting Thurston & feel like a proud 1st-time Mom! #gardening
Photo of a small greenish-yellow yellow/summer squash emerging from a squash blossom.Photo of another small yellow squash, tucked into some thick & very prickly bright green leavesPhoto of a bright yellow squash blossom partially lit by gorgeous morning sunlight amongst bright green leave.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ladies, if your gyno is telling you HRT is too dangerous, educate them by sharing this documentary & any articles surrounding the controversial 2002 study still being incorrectly cited. If they still say no, find a new gyno who is up to date on current research.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Meanwhile, in #Colorado: kdvr.com/news/local/r...
kdvr.com
Red-tailed hawk takes out Arvada police drone
An Arvada police drone had a run-in with Mother Nature and came out a bit banged up, but the pilot said everything went just as it should have.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My #bestie of 29 yrs treated me to an amazing “Pretty Woman” trip to Beverly Hills for my 60th: luxury suite, cabana, champagne, Spago, shopping & lots of sucking up. I’m back in my slow & simple life in the woods now, realizing the greatest luxury of all is to have someone #love me that much. 🥰
2 very happy women at Spago in Beverly Hills, CA. The one on the right is seated and the one on the left is standing slightly behind her, leaning over her right shoulder. Both are smiling into the camera.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Yep these damn butterflies out here charging tariffs, starting illegal & never-ending wars & driving up interest rates and food, gas & housing prices. As always, Republicans are laser-focused on tackling the very real economic problems facing the American taxpayer.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Today, in #MyWildLife Thurston. 😍 #redfox #fox #wildlife #nature #photography
A red fox stands on crushed granite and dirt, head-on and looking directly into the camera. A riot of bright green leaves from shrubs trees and weeds surrounding him.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
We all need to get reeeeally comfortable with simply stating “this is all bullshit.” Because literally everything they’re doing IS.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Follow me for more fitness hacks. #hiking #fitness #oaf
TIP: HOW TO RECOVER FAST AFTER A LONG HIKE
DON'T HAVE A BIRTH YEAR THAT BEGINS WITH 19
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“And we never failed to fail. It was the easiest thing to do.” —Stephen Stills (famous white man)
theguardian.com
‘White men get to fail’: Graham Platner collapse illuminates toxic double standard in US politics
Expectations that prioritize privileged identities keep women and people of color from even running for office
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I am giddy over this. I’m so grateful that at least the UK prosecutes rape, sex trafficking, &child pornography. If only the U.S. did. Look at these assholes: Have you ever seen 2 faces that needed more punching?
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Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami, US Marshals Service tells AP
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami, according to U.S. Marshals Service.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How we do Fridays ‘round here 😍 #dogs #colorado #friday
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this today… but take it from a #hearttransplant recipient: DO EPIC SHIT, friends. We’re burning daylight! None of us knows how much time we have left & it’s *entirely* up to *you* to spend it well. 💚 #DoEpicShit #champagnemonday
Photo of a champagne bottle Sutton g o   Coffee table the label is partly gold and in black letters it reads “DO EPIC SH*T.”
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
"Let there never be any confusion over the choice Lindsey Graham made. He chose Trump over his friend. He chose Trump over his country. He chose Trump over his duty. He chose Trump over his oath." Good riddance.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Today, in #MyWildlife: Thurston and I have such a good thing going. Seeing his sweet little face every morning is the perfect start to my days here on Nighthawk Hill. 😍 #redfox #fox #nature
A small red fox is standing in dappled sunlight in front of a heavily wooded gully. He is looking directly at the camera with a very relaxed face.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Today, in #MyWildlife: A fledgling American Robin (on the right) enjoying blueberries with a parent. Special guest star at 13 seconds! 🐿️ Robins are among the 1st to arrive on Nighthawk Hill in Spring & then head upslope. This year, they stayed. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #bird #birds #chipmunks #nature
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Overnight, in #MyWildlife: Hoover visited! Nighthawk Hill is a flourishing edge ecosystem & wildlife corridor, so we get many visitors. Some raise our eyebrows more than others. 👀 Hoover comes around every 2 years(ish), comes up empty-handed & moves along. #bears #nature #wildlife
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The United States of America: How it Started vs How it’s Going.
Side by side photo comparison of the same woman. In the left frame in 2021, she is wearing a stars & stripes unitard, saluting, smiling broadly and waving a small American flag in gorgeous afternoon light in front of a mountain on a deck. 

In the right frame we see the same woman with shorter hair in the same unitard and blue shorts holding  sign that reads “Radicalized by Basic Decency” at a protest.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Today, in #MyWildlife: Shhh… Watch a little TreeVee™ with me on Nighthawk Hill. And remember: Your drama, no matter who you are, is no more important than theirs. #nature #birds #chipmunks #wildlife
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I bought fixins to make a red, white & blue layered cocktail as our “nod” to the #250th. I’m not a mixologist so it didn’t layer, making the drinks dark purple & unpalatable. TBH, this seems a more appropriate cocktail to mourn what Republicans have done to destroy this great nation. 😭🤦‍♀️
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is 60. It’s remarkable to be entering my 7th decade! I was born with a malformed heart & at the age 52 my life was saved by a kind stranger via a #hearttransplant. I’m so grateful! Plus, who gets be a rockstar for her 60th birthday? Be a #hero: RegisterMe.org #donatelife
Woman stands in spotlight on stage in front of green and purple backdrop, next to mic stand. She’s wearing a long black corseted evening gown with a high left leg slit, fishnets and black high boots. She is smiling joyfully and making the heart shape with her hands.
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#TransplantGames 5k race final update: 🥇 PR by 00:02:36! 🥇 I was both the oldest & the 1st heart recipient to finish in my age bracket. Those were my goals! 😍 Official: 40:12 (12:57 per mile). I shaved 4:30 off my 5k time since I began training in March! 💪🏼 🏃‍♀️ 🙌🏻 #hearttransplant #donatelife
Photo of a 60 yr old woman standing atop a podium pedestal, showing off her medal (it was a participation medal and she didn’t win but she felt like she did!)
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Dfibkitty @dfibkitty.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#TransplantGames update: I killed. I sang my little miracle heart out on a very difficult, athletic song. But like many great artists, I’m apparently destined to be fully appreciated post-humously. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 Thank you to all who came out to support me— I love you guys! #hearttransplant #donatelife
A group of 5 heart transplant recipients standing in front of a step & repeat at the 2026 Transplant Games.  4 are wearing athletic gear and one is in an evening gown. All are smiling.
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