By Rose Conlon
OLATHE, Kansas — Last year, Gary Gray’s liver disease got so bad that it began poisoning his mind, sucking him into imaginary conversations with people who weren’t there.
At one point, he became convinced that his family had turned their home into a commercial haunted house. Check out the full story on NPR.
By Gabriel Spitzer, Emily Kwong, Rebecca Ramirez, Liz Metzger
In February 2021, pandemic restrictions were just starting to ease in Hawaii, and Leila Mirhaydari was finally able to see her kidney doctor. This was a huge relief after being unable to get in-person health care for so long. But Leila was also anxious: Transplanted organs need diligent care, and Leila had been looking after her donated kidney all on her own for a year. So a lot was riding on that first batch of lab results. Read or listen the to the full story on NPR.