In the last 14 months, Amy Hall has received a kidney, gained and lost a pancreas and still managed to retain her unique perspective, which probably was inevitable.

No one else has ever accepted a kidney from an active NBA player, even if it was her brother, Greg Ostertag of the Utah Jazz.

No one else is as liable to show you her scars, either.

"Before long," she says, "I'm gonna look like Rand McNally."

Not that you'd want to take the road Amy Hall walks.

After her nationally-publicized transplant last year, Hall recovered fairly quickly. But the new kidney only repaired some of the damage done to Hall, who lives in Allen with her husband, Steven.

The essential problem remains: Diagnosed more than 20 years ago with juvenile diabetes, she needs a new pancreas.