Jailyn Mason and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh had been in this situation before.
There was a kidney available for 9-year-old Jailyn, who also needs a small bowel transplant. To get the transplant, Jailyn had to travel to Pittsburgh from her home in Texas within a matter of hours – too fast to arrange flights on a commercial airline. Read the full story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(Tribune News Service) — For two men — one an Eagles fan and the other a Chiefs supporter — a bond runs far deeper than their favorite teams’ forthcoming showdown in Super Bowl LVII.
Billy Welsh, of Cherry Hill, and John Gladwell, of Kansas City, Mo., met on a military base in 2001 while serving in the Marine Corps. Gladwell, then a Marine with years of experience under his belt, admitted he wasn’t too fond of the incoming recruit Welsh and his northeastern attitude. But today they share two things: a newfound football rivalry and a kidney.
Read the full story in Stars and Stripes.
You just found out you need an organ transplant. Whether it’s a heart, kidney, liver or lung, there are some key fundamentals to keep in mind as you navigate your transplant journey. Who better to share advice than those who have been through it? Read the full article on CareDx.com.
When Dr. Trine Engebretsen told the dean of her medical school that she was re-thinking her intention to become an emergency physician, he threw his hands in the air.
He’d been waiting for her to admit she was meant to be a transplant surgeon. Read the full story in Renew Houston.
Randy Weber was one of the youngest Olympians back when he competed. Decades later, transplant pros, a friend who had served in the Marines and Randy’s teacher-brother all teamed up to save the skier’s life.
The Olympic ski jumper felt utterly calm as he stood on long skis at the top of a 300-foot-tower.
He breathed deeply, then took off, reaching 55 miles per hour as he flew through the air for several seconds over the length of a football field. Read the full story from UC Health.
The thought of receiving a lung transplant can prompt a range of emotions
Fear often triggers one’s fight-or flight instincts. Depending on the circumstances, when it happens to me, I’ll either persevere through an unwanted situation or become paralyzed by fear. When I become frozen, I don’t want to do anything, and I let the fear caused by the situation just flush over me.
One of my biggest fears is something that’s pretty common for people with cystic fibrosis (CF): having a lung transplant and rehabbing afterward. Read the full story in Cystic Fibrosis News Today.
One year ago, Krystal Taylor-Vasquez spent the holidays in a bed in the intensive care unit, hoping for the double lung transplant that would save her life.
The Houston woman never expected her condition to deteriorate so quickly when she went to the Memorial Hermann emergency room with a severe COVID-19 infection in the summer of 2021.
Read the full story in the Houston Chronicle.
In 1984, Chelsea Roman entered the world two months early. Her mom went into labor in a parking lot. Fortunately, that parking lot was across the street from a hospital.
Chelsea’s mom walked to the hospital in severe pain, and before they could even numb her up, she endured a delivery by cesarian. Chelsea was stillborn. For the first five minutes of her life, Chelsea was not breathing. Read more about Chelsea’s transplant journey on CareDx.com.
Growing up in a Spanish-speaking family, Gladiz Martinez, AG-CNS ’20, BSN ’08, often served as a reluctant family interpreter.
“In the outside world, we had to speak English,” she says. “Later, there were a lot of fights – with me being a rebellious teenager and not wanting to be the interpreter anymore.” Read more from CU Anschutz.
“It’s a gift of life,” says PKD survivor Judith Belair-Kyle who received a kidney transplant on Dec. 1 from a live donor after over a year of campaigning on social media. Brittany Henriques reports. Watch her story here.