Transplants - Page 25

September 21, 2017

Chicago teen undergoes heart-lung transplant surgery

A Chicago teen is looking forward to rejoining the Boy Scouts, trying out for his school’s band and returning to other activities that 15-year-olds typically enjoy after undergoing a heart-lung transplant in November.

September 20, 2017

Mom of 5 donates life-saving kidney to fellow churchgoer

Two women who met through their Tennessee church now share more than their weekly sermon after one volunteered to donate a life-saving kidney to the other.

September 19, 2017

Atlanta toddler undergoes life-saving heart transplant

A 2-year-old Atlanta girl is back home with her parents and big sister less than two months after undergoing a life-saving heart transplant.

September 19, 2017

Dad's plea for kidney donor during Disney trip goes viral

A chance encounter between a woman from Montana and a New Jersey dad at Orlando’s Magic Kingdom may help the man receive a much-needed kidney.

September 19, 2017

Patient waiting for transplant launches 'Lunges4Lungs' challenge

The stress of waiting for a lung transplant has sparked a patient’s desire to raise awareness for a complicated disease.

September 18, 2017

Lung recipient meets donor's family year after transplant

A Virginia family grieving the loss of their 20-year-old daughter who was killed in a car accident last year met the woman who received her lungs on Sunday.

September 18, 2017

Transplant patients hold old hearts in their hands

Baylor University Medical Center provides the service to educate heart transplant patients about healthy lifestyles.

September 18, 2017

Family listens to dead son's heart 11 years after transplant

Grieving family members traveled from Ohio and packed into an Indiana school library on Saturday for a chance to listen to the heart of their relative that saved the life of a first-grade teaching assistant 11 years ago.

July 6, 2017

8-year-old saves brother's life with bone marrow transplant

Kyle and Kendall James were already close in age, but the Georgia siblings are now even more tight-knit after Kendall donated blood marrow to Kyle, saving her younger brother’s life.

June 29, 2017

Patient claims doctors left camera in body after transplant surgery

A woman is suing the hospital where she underwent a kidney and pancreatic transplant after surgeons allegedly left a camera used during the procedure inside of her torso.