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Nephrology and Hypertension

Patient Stories

  • Alfred “Bart” Howe

    Three Strikes ... But Not Out

    Personal Background My name is Alfred "Bart" Howe and I am a very lucky guy. I was born 1938 in a small oilfield town in Oklahoma. Mary and I married in 1965 and have two married sons, a grandson and ...

  • Jill Morton playing tennis

    Jill Morton: Going for the Gold

    Eight years ago, Jill Morton was dying. A family history of kidney disease had finally caught up with her. Her kidneys were failing, and her body was shutting down. "I was really afraid," she says. For two long years, Morton, ...

  • Melissa Blevins and Risa Simon

    New friendship cemented with kidney donation

    Melissa Blevins, administrator for the Transplant Center and Living Donor Programs at Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona, knew that one day she'd be an organ donor. Her epiphany occurred 15 years ago. She was working as nurse transplant coordinator and, ...

  • Nichole and Isaac Ruston and kids Max and Mia

    A Marathon of Another Kind: Kidney Dialysis for 13 Months

    It was the summer of 2008, and Nichole Rushton was primed and ready to run 26.2 miles – a marathon – something she had accomplished with relative ease twice before. At age 28, she well could have invented the concept of ...

  • Amy and Kirti

    Kidney Donor Found Via Social Media

    Most people think of Facebook and Twitter as fun, engaging social media sites, used to make friends and connect with those sharing common interests. Kirti D. sheds a new light on the power of social media as she tells us an ...

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