Listen Live to My Transplant Story April is Donate Life month and I have been remiss in not posting about it sooner. It has been a busy month at my house. I had my mid-year visit at the transplant clinic, we visited my father in Tennessee for a little while, then we got home, andContinue reading “Donate Life Month and Radio Interview”
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New Xenotransplantation Milestone for Kidneys
March is National Kidney Month, and surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital, known as Mass General, have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old man. The new kidney began producing urine shortly after the surgery last week, and the patient’s condition has improved significantly. Doctors expect the patient to be discharged soon.Continue reading “New Xenotransplantation Milestone for Kidneys”
Transplant List – Part Two, Liver and Kidney
In the previous entry, we discussed the transplant process for heart and lung. Today, we will continue our discussion with liver and kidney transplants. LIVER The organ allocation policy currently in use went into effect in 2020. MELD, the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, is a numeric scale, ranging from 6 (less ill) to 40Continue reading “Transplant List – Part Two, Liver and Kidney”
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