Our View: 16- and 17-year-olds can become life-saving organ donorsRockford Register StarIn northern Illinois, about 60 percent of residents have signed up to be organ donors. Anyone, regardless of race or gender, can become a donor. Donors usually are …
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A new lease on life
Grandblancview Editor’s note: This is the first in a five-part series where I will recount my battle with cirrhosis of the liver and the life changing transplant I received in September. My story is an account of how I overcame my illness, but mostly I hope to … |
Burtonview |
A new lease on life
Burtonview Gary Gould — Managing Editor Gary Gould — Managing Editor (Editor’s note: This is the first in a five-part series where I will recount my battle with cirrhosis of the liver and the life changing transplant I received in September. My story is an … |
Fraser Coast Chronicle |
How a stranger’s gift from the heart gave Brenda a future
Fraser Coast Chronicle He said a practitioner not trained in the donor conversation process would get 45 per cent per cent of families agreeing to allow the donation. Professor Jonathan Fawcett is one of Australia’s leading transplant surgeons and has saved hundreds of … |
Toowoomba Chronicle |
Dad gives his son the gift of life
Toowoomba Chronicle The liver is the only organ that regenerates and it generally returns to normal about six weeks after surgery. Chris was left with scarring and endured intense pain for quite a while after the surgery. “Donors do not recover as fast as kids,” Nelia … |
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin |
Time running out for Luke as mum’s gift gives up the ghost
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin About 10 years ago the tired organs gave up the ghost and at 26 years old Luke was forced onto dialysis. Five hours a day, three times a week, Luke was hooked up to a dialysis machine that filtered waste from his blood until a deceased kidney donor … |
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West Hartford man among growing number at Yale New Haven Hospital who donate kidneys without intended recipient
West Hartford News Less than two weeks after surgery, I was working full days with the only restriction being that I couldn’t lift more than 10 pounds for six weeks,” said Winer, whose wife is five months pregnant with a daughter. “I didn’t know this at the time, but it … |
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West Hartford man among growing number at Yale New Haven Hospital who donate kidneys without intended recipient
New Haven Register I was discharged on Thursday morning and returned to work the following week. Less than two weeks after surgery, I was working full days with the only restriction being that I couldn’t lift more than 10 pounds for six weeks,” said Winer, whose wife is … |
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West Hartford man among growing number at Yale New Haven Hospital who donate kidneys without intended recipient
New Haven Register I was discharged on Thursday morning and returned to work the following week. Less than two weeks after surgery, I was working full days with the only restriction being that I couldn’t lift more than 10 pounds for six weeks,” said Winer, whose wife is … |
Scottish Daily Record |
Wishaw woman urges others to sign up to organ register after kidney transplant
Scottish Daily Record She fought back and last summer helped turn the spolight on organ donation when she captained Team Lanarkshire at the British Transplant Games. “I nearly died after I got a lung infection following my transplant in 2014 and still to this day I have … |