18Dec/15

Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says he’s feeling great after liver transplant – The Province


The Province

Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says he’s feeling great after liver transplant
The Province
The 56-year-old billionaire had been on the waiting list for a deceased donor organ for several weeks, but having a rare AB blood type meant that finding a living liver donor was his only option. None of his family or friends were deemed to be

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18Dec/15

All former Waterville man wants for Christmas is a kidney – Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel


Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

All former Waterville man wants for Christmas is a kidney
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
Vella said that of the 50 percent of patients who receive a transplant, 55 percent of them will receive get kidneys from a deceased donor and 45 percent of people will get kidneys from a living donor. Though it is more likely for patients to receive a

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18Dec/15

One Daughter Lost, Another Saved: Organ Donor’s Parents Meet 8-year-old … – Yahoo Parenting


Yahoo Parenting

One Daughter Lost, Another Saved: Organ Donor’s Parents Meet 8-year-old
Yahoo Parenting
Kyree Beachem, from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, was born with Hirschsprung’s disease, which affects the large intestine because nerve cells are missing from the muscles of the colon. The 8-year-old had been waiting for a multi-organ transplant — liver
Grieving Pennsylvania family turns loss into life for little girlKTRK-TV

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