769800login-check2-time kidney transplant recipient completes month-long kayaking journey with his donor – and his cello |
UCLA Health patient’s trip also pays tribute to the healing power of music.
By UCLA Health
Santa Monica resident Jernej Čopič recently concluded a four-week kayak adventure in his native Slovenia with two very special companions: his childhood best friend and kidney donor Dejan Kralj, and his beloved cello.
The trip came just one year after Čopič’s second kidney transplant at UCLA Health, in which he received a kidney from Kralj, a Slovenian whitewater kayaker who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Read the full story from UCLA Health.
769800login-check2-time kidney transplant recipient completes month-long kayaking journey with his donor – and his cello |