Compassionate colleagues highlight the importance of living organ donations
By Sean Gorman
During the month of April, VCU Health News will be publishing a series of stories to mark National Donate Life Month, a national effort to spread awareness about the importance of organ, eye and tissue donations.
Jay Gould’s kidney disease had been slowly progressing for 30 years and he knew there was a possibility of needing to undergo a transplant one day.
That time finally arrived in 2022 as his declining kidney health put him in danger of having to start dialysis unless he received an organ transplant. His nephrologist, Todd W. Gehr, M.D., told Gould that the time for a new kidney was approaching.
Read the story from VCU Health News Center.