{"id":3330,"date":"2021-07-14T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:13:53","slug":"should-transplant-recipients-have-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/07\/14\/should-transplant-recipients-have-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Transplant Recipients Have Pets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3330\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"4\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>Alex Harrison-Flaxman is a kidney transplant recipient who understands the\u00a0rollercoaster of emotions that patients face after transplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing a transplant recipient is an absolute blessing, but it doesn\u2019t come without its challenges,\u201d&nbsp;says&nbsp;Harrison-Flaxman.&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s a constant battle to stay vigilant and&nbsp;be on&nbsp;top of your&nbsp;care. But having&nbsp;my dog&nbsp;Bendel makes it&nbsp;a little more bearable when my anxiety is high,&nbsp;and the road ahead seems impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up to 63% of transplant\u202frecipients experience depression or\u202fanxiety\u202fduring the first several years\u202fpost-transplant.<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0This makes organ transplant recipients ideal candidates for owning pets that\u2014through companionship\u2014provide\u00a0emotional support, ease anxiety, depression, and other phobias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article, <a href=\"https:\/\/caredx.com\/patients-and-caregivers\/patient-resources\/should-transplant-recipients-have-pets\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3330\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"4\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading Alex Harrison-Flaxman is a kidney transplant recipient who understands the\u00a0rollercoaster of emotions that patients face after transplant. \u201cBeing a transplant recipient is an absolute blessing, but it doesn\u2019t come &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/07\/14\/should-transplant-recipients-have-pets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Should Transplant Recipients Have Pets?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_ecp_custom_2":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,912],"tags":[181,17],"post_format":[],"Dislikes":"","Likes":"","simplefavorites_count":"4","views":"1345","post_likes_plusCounter":"4","post_dislikes_plusCounter":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3332,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_format?post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}