By Kim Clarke
Joan and Janice Ottenbacher were always close as sisters. A lifesaving operation at University Hospital in 1964 made their bond extraordinary.
The 15-year-old identical twins were patients in the first human organ transplant in Michigan when Joan donated her kidney to Janice. Read the full story in The University Record.
By Victoria Socha
The optimal treatment for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is living donor kidney transplantation, which offers improved health outcomes. Deprived neighborhoods are defined as those with low socioeconomic status, limited social cohesion, and reduced access to health care. According to Byoungjum Kim and colleagues, there are few data available on the role of neighborhood deprivation in assess to living donor kidney transplantation. Read the full article in DocWire News.
By Eric Coker
For Arielle Disick ’12, donating a kidney in 2022 wasn’t about courage or charity. It was about simply doing something good.
“You never know how much of an impact that a little bit of kindness can make and what the ripple effects will be,” she says. “If you can do something to help, you should help.”
Read the full story in BingUNews.
By Jeff Stitt
MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Over the summer, a New Jersey teacher donated his kidney to a fellow educator. Both teachers recovered in time to be in the classroom for the first day of school. They’re hoping their students take away a life lesson from their story.
Lauren Crupi, who teaches sixth-grade language arts at Saint Leo the Great School is elated to be in front of her class. Check out the full story from KCRA News 3.
By Jane Bahk
All eyes were on 10-year-old Mason Patel. Nothing would start until he uttered those time-honored words.
“Play ball!” Mason called into the microphone, and the crowd erupted with cheers.
As this year’s Play Ball Kid, Mason represented organ donor recipients at the San Francisco Giants’ 24th Annual Organ Donor Awareness Day on Aug. 30, also known as Donate Life Day. Read the full story from Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
By Doug Evans
FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. – FOX 5 brought together two local men whose lives were changed forever by a kidney transplant back in February. FOX 5 first reported on McIntosh High School athletic director Leon Hammond’s need for a donated kidney last November and U.S. Secret Service agent Alan Reeves who gave him that gift of life. It’s now three months since the transplant surgery. Read or watch the full story from Fox 5 Atlanta.
Terry Giang and Aaron Ly have been married for 15 years. More than a year ago, Terry found out she had stage 5 kidney failure – and she thought she would be on dialysis for the rest of her life. But it turned out her husband was a perfect match for a transplant. Watch their story on CBS Chicago here.
By Dr. Kenneth Brayman
How does a living kidney donation work, and who is eligible to be a donor?
The first successful kidney transplant in humans was accomplished in 1954, and the transplant was from a living donor. Advances in immunosuppression (drugs that prevent rejection of donated organs) were achieved in the 1980s and 1990s, and the field of organ transplantation has grown remarkably over the past 40 years. Read more in The Daily Progress.
(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.
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY FAILURE comes with many challenges. Medications, dialysis, the physical and emotional exhaustion. It’s all the more difficult if you develop end-stage kidney disease and need a kidney transplant.
For these individuals, there are only three treatment options: