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If you aren t listed on your drivers license as an organ donor, perhaps this will make you reconsider.
Last year while we were all trying to rush from the grocery store back to our little pandemic-caves one of the most amazing things happened - two people met in public and became friends. That s right, during the year of the introvert, Hugh Smith and Mark Scotch introduced themselves to one another at Cane River Brewing in Natchitoches. According to the ArkLaTex Homepage, that fateful meeting would change both of their lives.
Hugh Smith desperately needed a kidney transplant, and has reportedly been on dialysis up to 10 hours a day for the last 2 years. That may soon be coming to an end as has bumped up on the national registry thanks to the voluntary donation of one kidney from Hugh s new friend Mark. You see, Mr. Scotch donated
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Despite countless hours of searching and the extraordinary diligence of very special people and local communities. We remain unsuccessful at recovering our beloved cat, Bitz.
Deborah Solomon and Joe Bauer, Phoenix, AZ. are serving as the support vehicle for the National Kidney Donation Foundation. A month-long fund-raising awareness event that began in Madison Wisconsin, is following the Mississippi River some 1500 miles to a donor kidney recipient in Louisiana. Our job as the support vehicle is to travel ahead of the group and provide âpit stopsâ and a place to stay for the cyclists. We are traveling with our family of 2 Golden Retrievers, Mazee and Journee and our cat Bitz.
National program struggling to find kidney donors as transplant wait list grows
Over 100,000 people are waiting on a kidney transplant. There s a program that could save lives, but COVID-19 has caused some major problems. Author: Bill McGinty Updated: 7:05 PM EST February 16, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated news headlines over the last 12 months, but millions of Americans are also dealing with other significant health issues that have been pushed from the spotlight.
For example, kidney transplants. At any given time, about 470,000 people are on dialysis, a process that filters the blood and buys time for people dealing with kidney diseases. Kidney disease can affect anyone, and husband Marc Weiner is one of those people.