DOVER – After surviving a double lung transplant, a Dover woman now needs to find a donor for a kidney transplant.
Paula Roberge, praised by friends and family for always being positive, said her kidney was damaged from the medications she was prescribed following the lung transplants.
“I thought, after the double lung transplant, that I’d be home free,” said Roberge. “I asked about a new kidney, wouldn’t the anti-rejection medications I take affect a new kidney? Apparently, it is just my kidney that has the problem, so if I get a transplant, it should not happen again.”
Roberge, 71, did not bring her plight to the attention of news reporters. That was her best friend and neighbor, retired nurse practitioner Gail Dickson.