{"id":7058,"date":"2023-07-23T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7058"},"modified":"2023-07-21T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:22:33","slug":"12-year-old-kidney-transplant-recipient-goes-to-medical-school-through-make-a-wish-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/07\/23\/12-year-old-kidney-transplant-recipient-goes-to-medical-school-through-make-a-wish-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old kidney transplant recipient goes to &#8216;medical school&#8217; through Make-A-Wish Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7058\" 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>By Karen Jordan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212;&nbsp;It&#8217;s the first day of medical school for Melanie Romo, a 12-year old girl shadowing a nurse at Lurie Children&#8217;s Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up for Melanie was evaluating Bella, who volunteered to act as a patient with gall stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the experience Melanie was hoping for. She was once a patient at Lurie, diagnosed two years ago with chronic kidney disease and in need of a transplant.<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/make-a-wish-illinois-kidney-disease-transplant-donor\/13515846\/\"> Read and watch the full story<\/a> from ABC 7 Chicago.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7058\" 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 By Karen Jordan CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212;&nbsp;It&#8217;s the first day of medical school for Melanie Romo, a 12-year old girl shadowing a nurse at Lurie Children&#8217;s Hospital. 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