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Aspiring doctor donates kidney

01/10/2023 by ws-admin

Journal of Oak Park and River Forest

Everyone knows winter is the season of giving, but one Oak Park teenager gave something this Christmas that couldn’t be tied up in a bow. It had to be packed on ice, flown to California and transplanted into a stranger’s body. Joey Pascarella donated his kidney. His left kidney, to be exact.

Former Alexandrian, Kirsten Minnerath, donates kidney to recipient she doesn’t know

01/01/2023 by ws-admin

Alexandria Echo Press

Two days after her 55th birthday, on Dec. 20, 2022, Kirsten Minnerath had surgery to remove her kidney. It was being donated to a stranger through a non-directed living kidney donation. Minnerath’s donation process began when she found out a friend’s husband needed a kidney.

How Old Is Too Old for Organ Donation and Transplantation?

12/09/2022 by ws-admin

Healthnews

Health, not age, is the key to living organ donation. Since 1995, more than 200 people aged 70 or older have become living donors. Learn more about age and organ donation.

Son’s Kidney Donation to Mom Marks 100th Kidney Transplant Performed This Year at Memorial Transplant Institute

12/08/2022 by ws-admin

South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report

After 12 years on dialysis and various transplant denials, Magdalena received a new kidney from her son, Justin, who was a perfect match. Their living donor kidney transplantation surgeries took place in late October, marking Memorial Transplant Institute’s 100th kidney transplant performed in 2022.

Good News: Two families share a happy holiday after a kind cop’s kidney donation

11/25/2022 by ws-admin

USA Today

Detective Michael Lollo of the NYPD spent much of his life responding to emergencies, but he never expected his heroics would include donating a kidney to Ruth Tisak, the 59-year-old wife of a Marine veteran. After bonding through letters, this year Michael and his family met Ruth and her relatives to share Thanksgiving dinner.

South Jordan family is thankful for organ donation this Thanksgiving

11/23/2022 by ws-admin

KSLTV

A Utah family has a lot to be thankful for this year after a family member received a lifesaving kidney transplant, and because of the National Kidney Registry’s paired exchange program, the transplant actually saved more than just one life.

‘It’s so life-giving’: Strangers come together, give gift of life through kidney donation

11/23/2022 by ws-admin

WMBF News

More than 90,000 people across the country need a kidney. There aren’t enough donors to give them all new life. But at the Medical University of South Carolina, there’s a program where Good Samaritans can donate their kidneys. That program is how members from two South Carolina families were able to survive.

After 6-person kidney exchange, families meet for first time: ‘A small sacrifice to make such a big impact’

11/22/2022 by ws-admin

Chicago Sun-Times

After a series of successful kidney transplants this summer, in which Rick and Marissa Calcutt were part of a three-way paired kidney exchange including Christine and Ruth Faust in Buffalo, New York, the two pairs who helped save each other’s lives had an emotional meeting over video.

Gift of life: Stranger donates kidney to NYPD officer from Brooklyn

11/21/2022 by ws-admin

amNY

Members of New York’s Finest are duty-bound to save the lives of complete strangers. This time, a complete stranger is saving the life of one good cop.

NYPD Officer Vadrien Alston one step closer to finding kidney donor thanks to Brooklyn native’s selfless act

10/21/2022 by ws-admin

CBS New York

Though not a match, Sophia Jackson will donate her kidney on the officer’s behalf–putting Alston one step closer to finding her match.

 

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