{"id":5782,"date":"2022-11-15T08:10:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=5782"},"modified":"2022-11-15T08:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:10:59","slug":"the-transplant-patient-who-got-two-second-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/11\/15\/the-transplant-patient-who-got-two-second-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"The transplant patient who got two second chances"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5782\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>George Surratt felt like the luckiest man in the world when he got a liver transplant. The wait list for an organ is so long that some patients run out of time.<br>\u00a0<br>And, so, nine years later, when the Maplewood, MN, engineer turned again to University of Minnesota doctors, this time for a kidney transplant, he was worried.<br>\u00a0<br>Could lightning strike twice and allow him to join his wife in watching their two kids grow into careers and maybe even families? <a href=\"https:\/\/twin-cities.umn.edu\/news-events\/transplant-patient-who-got-two-second-chances\">Read the full story<\/a> from University of Minnesota News.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5782\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading George Surratt felt like the luckiest man in the world when he got a liver transplant. 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