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Blood type doesn’t stand in the way of donating a kidney to her husband

December 27th, 2012 - 8:00 pm

Ann Beasley was only too willing to donate one of her kidneys to her husband, but their blood types were incompatible. A procedure at Mayo Clinic called ABO incompatible kidney transplants made her gift possible. Continue reading →

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Of Heroes and Gold Medals

December 25th, 2012 - 8:00 pm

John Greller was a swimming hero at the National Kidney Foundation Transplant Games. He gave his medals to his real heroes — his wife, his (donor) son, and the Mayo transplant team. Continue reading →

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An upbeat attitude and a brisk tempo keep this musician playing

December 9th, 2012 - 8:00 am

They’re playing our song: A musician joins forces with his Mayo team to battle cancer and promote organ donation. Continue reading →

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After successful kidney transplant, retiree is ‘Living the Dream’

December 1st, 2012 - 8:00 am

Kidney cancer threatened Bill Pearse’s life; a gift from his son gave it back. Continue reading →

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Coming full circle: Sharing a message of hope

November 28th, 2012 - 8:00 am

Ardell Lien sailed around the world powered by a heart and kidney transplanted at Mayo Clinic. Continue reading →

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Father, son travel 3,000 miles for a kidney transplant

November 25th, 2012 - 8:00 pm

When Noor Hosein learned that a kidney disorder threatened his son’s life, he traveled from Trinidad to Mayo Clinic for a lifesaving transplant. Continue reading →

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Rare treatment for rare disease: Triple transplant

November 10th, 2011 - 11:44 am

On June 14, 2011, after a 107-day wait in the hospital at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Kirk Watson, 44, received the news he’d been waiting for — a heart, liver and kidney were available for him. He would be … Continue reading →

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Jill Morton: Going for the Gold

July 27th, 2011 - 11:16 am

Eight years ago, Jill Morton was dying. A family history of kidney disease had finally caught up with her. Her kidneys were failing, and her body was shutting down. “I was really afraid,” she says. For two long years, Morton, … Continue reading →

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New friendship cemented with kidney donation

May 25th, 2011 - 8:00 am

Melissa Blevins, administrator for the Transplant Center and Living Donor Programs at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Arizona, knew that one day she’d be an organ donor. Her epiphany occurred 15 years ago. She was working as nurse transplant coordinator and, … Continue reading →

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A Marathon of Another Kind: Kidney Dialysis for 13 Months

May 2nd, 2011 - 9:20 am

It was the summer of 2008, and Nichole Rushton was primed and ready to run 26.2 miles – a marathon – something she had accomplished with relative ease twice before. At age 28, she well could have invented the concept of … Continue reading →

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