Items Tagged ‘Transplant’
December 29, 2011
Duluth Woman Waiting for Double Transplant at Mayo Clinic
…29 year old Jessica Danielson left her job and apartment for Rochester in early December when doctors told her she needs not only one, but two life–saving organ transplants. “I didn’t realize how sick I was,” Danielson said. “I was diagnosed at age 19 with restrictive cardio myopathy, and that led to congestive heart failure.” The diagnosis […]
Tags: Transplant
March 4, 2010
Couple is Mayo hospital’s 100th living donor transplant
The Mayo Clinic in Phoenix is celebrating its 100th living donor transplant and this patient and donor have quite a story. It’s taken years for Dr. Cherie Hayostek and her husband Rory to get to the hospital beds they sit in side by side. “We’re soul mates, its just very hard,” said Cherie… The […]
Tags: living donor, Transplant
February 19, 2010
Everyday thousands of people are waiting to get an organ transplant. While the national list is long, now there’s a new way to make a perfect match. A local man found a kidney donor online… For Cindy Love, she watched her nephew go through kidney failure, but when she wasn’t a match, she researched […]
Tags: kidney donors, Transplant
December 29, 2009
After transplant, man ready to fulfill potential
For six years, Josh Hill spent three to four hours, three days a week in dialysis. Hill, now 27, was diagnosed with Wegner’s granulomatosis when he was 17. The disease causes inflammation in the blood vessels, which can restrict blood flow to organs, according to the Mayo Clinic. In Hill’s case, the disease damaged […]
Tags: dialysis, kidneys, Transplant
October 16, 2009
The Gift of Life Transplant House in Rochester will soon become the largest hospitality transplant house in the country. It already has 51 guest rooms, but is set to open another multi-million dollar facility next month… A blessing that follows in the footsteps of another nun, Mother Alfred Moes, who helped to create St. […]
Tags: Gift of Life, Transplant
October 1, 2009
Part 2: Balancing life and death
Cathy Garvey dropped a stack of red folders on the table as a huge image of two kidneys flashed on the conference room screen. She flipped open the first file: A 27-year-old woman with no children who wants to give a kidney to her father — for his third transplant. “She’s a great candidate,” […]
Tags: kidney, Transplant
August 31, 2009
Omahan hopeful after transplant
Pat Lacy finally got the call that could save his life. The Omahan rushed to a chartered plane and in hours was on a Mayo Clinic operating table, getting prepped for a double lung transplant. He awoke only to learn the surgery had never happened. The donor organs were not suitable. […]
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August 26, 2009
Cabbie offers his rider gift of life
Rita Van Loenen had no idea that a trip in Thomas Chappell’s taxi could end up being the ride that saves her life. “There are better odds of getting struck by lightning,’’ Van Loenen said. “A random taxi driver offering to give me his kidney and all these pieces match. There has to be […]
Tags: kidney, Transplant
August 25, 2009
Blaine Girl, 3, Recovering From Heart Transplant
A little girl from Blaine keeps getting stronger, just two weeks after receiving a life-saving heart transplant. Madison Rippy’s story is even more amazing considering how quickly everything came together to give her another chance. Her rare problem may have been brought on by a simple virus. Looking at the photographs on their […]
Tags: Cardiology, Transplant
August 10, 2009
Transplant surgeon notable in her profession in part because she’s female
Dana Perry won’t soon forget her first day as a staff transplant surgeon. At 8 a.m., an hour into her inaugural shift at Mayo Clinic Florida, her cell phone rang. Her first liver transplant was going to be that night, she learned. As the hours passed, news reached her that there would be another. And […]
Tags: florida, surgeon, Transplant