Transplants - Page 29

December 27, 2016

Baby goes on transplant list for less than an hour before finding match

Daniel McCabe is just 5 months old, but he's been fighting a rare liver disorder since he was born.

December 22, 2016

Sheriff's deputy donates kidney to fellow officer

Two officers with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) who started off as mentor and student said they now consider themselves brothers after one volunteered and donated his kidney to the other.

December 22, 2016

Living kidney donors often pay their own expenses

Most living kidney donors pay at least some of the expenses related to donation themselves, which may limit how many people can afford to provide organs to transplant recipients, a U.S. study suggests.

December 22, 2016

Woman who received donor lungs after 2 years of waiting dies

A Massachusetts family is mourning the loss of their daughter who made headlines last week when she received a pair of donor lungs more than two years after being placed on the transplant list.

December 21, 2016

Pennsylvania woman receives lifesaving lung transplant in time for Christmas

For two weeks, Caitlin O’Hara, 33, was on life support, in desperate need of a double-lung transplant.

December 8, 2016

Facebook post inspires mother of 2 to donate kidney to stranger

A chance posting on a Facebook page led a stranger to volunteer as a kidney donor for a 17-year-old in desperate need of a new organ.

November 28, 2016

BYU coach's family to donate 3-year-old daughter's organs after tragic accident

The family of Brigham Young University running backs coach Reno Mahe said they will donate the organs of their 3-year-old daughter who has been hospitalized since a tragic accident at the family’s home last week.

November 2, 2016

Heart transplant recipient dies from mold infection

Shelby Slagle sauntered into UPMC Presbyterian hospital and heartily greeted the security guard perched behind the revolving doors: “Hi, I’m Shelby, and I’m here for my new heart.”

November 1, 2016

'My wife's mother needed a kidney, and I was a match'

I married my wife on May 29.

October 19, 2016

As their sons waited for new hearts, two mothers formed a rare bond

Every 10 minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list in the U.S. During a heart-wrenching hospital journey, two pediatric patients and their moms lean on each other for extra support