Tag Archives: Organ donation

Donate Life Month and Radio Interview

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”

Gender and Ethnic Disparity in Heart Transplants and Upcoming Changes in Organ Allocation

According to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), some transplant teams showed patterns of denying donor hearts to certain patients when offers became available.  The probability of a donor heart being accepted by these transplant centers was more likely for white women, followed by Black women, white men, then Black men, accordingContinue reading “Gender and Ethnic Disparity in Heart Transplants and Upcoming Changes in Organ Allocation”

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”

Why January 6 Is Important to Me

Today’s date is more than a mere page on the calendar to me.  It is a milestone.  Today is the eighteenth anniversary of my first heart transplant.   January 6, 2006. This time of year is always fraught with emotion for me, and a perpetual cloud hangs over the holidays no matter how hard I tryContinue reading “Why January 6 Is Important to Me”