Items Tagged ‘3786’
December 1, 2012
After successful kidney transplant, retiree is ‘Living the Dream’
Kidney cancer threatened Bill Pearse’s life; a gift from his son gave it back.
Tags: 2802, 3786, 5324, 5417, Bill Pearse, kidney cancer, kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic
November 28, 2012
Coming full circle: Sharing a message of hope
Ardell Lien sailed around the world powered by a heart and kidney transplanted at Mayo Clinic.
Tags: 3782, 3786, 5324, 5417, Ardell Lien, Dr. Brooks Edwards, Heart transplant, kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic
November 25, 2012
Father, son travel 3,000 miles for a kidney transplant
When Noor Hosein learned that a kidney disorder threatened his son’s life, he traveled from Trinidad to Mayo Clinic for a lifesaving transplant.
Tags: 3786, 5324, 5335, 5417, Hasan Hosein, kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic, Noor Hosein
November 10, 2011
Rare treatment for rare disease: Triple transplant
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 the fourth person to receive a triple transplant at Mayo Clinic and only the 11th […]
Tags: 2272, 3782, 3786, 3793, 5252, 5324, 5334, hereditary amyloidosis, Kirk Watson, Triple Transplant
July 27, 2011
Jill Morton: Going for the Gold
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, of Boca Raton, Fla., lived with that fear — her name on the transplant list […]
Tags: 2211, 3786, 5291, 5324, 5335, Jill Morton, kidney disease, kidney transplant, Patient Story
May 25, 2011
New friendship cemented with kidney donation
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, one night, two pediatric patients died. “One needed a transplant. The parents of the other […]
Tags: 2211, 3786, 5291, 5324, 5333, kidney_transplant, Melissa_Blevins, Risa_Simon
May 2, 2011
A Marathon of Another Kind: Kidney Dialysis for 13 Months
By Lynn Closway 
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 “multitasking,” keeping physically active, raising two kids and being a devoted wife to her husband, […]
Tags: 3786, 5291, 5324, 5333, acute kidney failure, Arizona, blood clot, Depression, dialysis, diary, Heart & Heart Surgery, Kidney Exchange Program
April 6, 2011
Kidney Donor Found Via Social Media
By MakalaArce 
Most people think of Facebook and Twitter as fun, engaging social media sites, used to make friends and connect with those sharing common interests. Kirti D. sheds a new light on the power of social media as she tells us an amazing story of how it led her mother, Anuradha D., to an incredible gift—a second […]
Tags: 2211, 3786, 5291, 5324, 5335, donor, Facebook, kidney, Social Media, Transplant, Twitter
September 3, 2009
Mayo Clinic Has Given Me Back My Life
By CSMMayo
Hello, my name is Charles Drysdale. I would like to share my story about how Mayo Clinic has given me back my life. My story begins in late 2005. During my regular checkup my primary care physician discovered that my hemoglobin level was abnormally low (4). I was promptly hospitalized and transfused. This began a […]
Tags: 1841, 3786, 3793, 5334, Patient Stories, Transplant
March 10, 2009
Not Your Traditional Wedding Anniversary: Husband Donates Kidney to Wife of 30 Years
By Lynn Closway
Pearls top the list as the suggested 30th wedding anniversary gift. Still, some devoted husbands may opt to purchase their bride of three decades a special spa day – or an exotic trip to sip a cool drink by an ocean. In the case of George and Anna Riley, Bloomfield, N.M., their beverage of choice […]
Tags: 3786, 5333, cystic kidney disease, kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic, medullary cystic kidney disease, renal disease, Transplant