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Last year on March 25, two days after his sixth birthday, Sean Michael Bridges-Rivera was critically injured in a car accident. He died just days later. On Sunday, the family of the little boy who received Sean's heart met with Sean's family at a church in Orlando for the first time. ....
Photo by: Peter M. Budraitis The gift of life would be the greatest gift of all for Vivian Jepp, a Port Washington mother of 10-year-old triplet boys who is in desperate need of a kidney transplant.
Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D - Glen Cove) is joining the Jepp family, LiveOnNY and local organ donation advocates in an urgent search for a living donor for Vivian, who has endured years of dialysis and two previous attempts at transplants.
Legislator DeRiggi-Whitton met with Vivian recently during a dome-lighting ceremony commemorating National Donate Life Month. Her search for a donor was sidelined in the spring of 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that public health conditions have improved and stabilized, the race is on to find her a match. ....
JOIN RSN For its Art Contest Award Ceremony Share Article GLENDALE, Calif. (PRWEB) May 06, 2021 Renal Support Network (RSN) is pleased to announce the results of its 2021 Art Contest during a Zoom Award Show this month. Please join us as we celebrate the contest winners Friday, May 14, 1 PM to 2 PM Pacific Time, for the award ceremony. Winners were chosen by our judges based on skill level and how well their work reflected this year’s theme, “Hope for the Future.” In addition, the number of votes each entry received by the public were included in consideration based on the number of days the submission was available in the gallery for voting. Winning submissions will be featured in an Artist Profile blog post and promoted on RSN Social media channels. Their work will also be included in an exclusive artwork notecard collection that will RSN will release in June. ....
obesity and heart disease. All increase the risk of kidney disease and heart disease. Access to healthcare may also play a role. Always committed to helping others, Oliver Kellman is filled with gratitude that two organ donors donated the heart and kidney that saved his life. (Courtesy of Oliver Kellman) “Some years before my transplant,” Kellman said, “I had been told by doctors that I had an enlarged heart that was probably caused due to untreated hypertension, which ran in my family. I did not know at the time, but both my parents had high blood pressure, hypertension, and my brother has hypertension. ....
Deseret News Share this story Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Employees with DonorConnect on Friday marked Donor Remembrance Day and the end of National Donate Life Month by decorating its Celebration of Life Monument on Salt Lake City’s Library Square. The monument, 297 E. 500 South, honors organ donors, especially those who are deceased, and their families. Any family member whose loved one was an organ, tissue, cornea, whole body or research donor can submit their name to be added to the monument free of charge. The names of living kidney and liver donors are also included. “We invite anyone who has been touched by organ, eye, or tissue donation to take a few moments on Friday to reflect on their experience, and join us at the monument if time permits,” said David Robles, director of donor family services for the nonprofit that is dedicated to the recovery and transplantation of organs and tissues in the region. ....