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Imagine how hard it would be to watch a loved one die waiting for a heart transplant because no donor organs were available. Unfortunately this happens to thousands every year. The good news is that technology for keeping people alive longer as they wait is getting much better.
Resource: Heart Transplant
This is a story of a life-saving form of recycling. It's about two men who've never met, but who have something very personal in common. One of them needed a new heart and liver because of a disease called familial amyloidosis. When it came time for the transplant he gave his diseased liver to someone else. How can a liver that doesn't work for one man be the gift of life for another?
Resource: Liver Transplant at Mayo Clinic
Johnny Aguire contracted hepatitis C from an unknown cause. The disease slowly caused severe cirrhosis. Aguire was very, very ill. After three days on the liver transplant list, Aguire received the gift of life.
Resource: Treatment with Liver Transplantation
It's what every parent dreads. A phone call with news that their child has been in an accident. Frances Wheelock's son was an organ donor and his kidney continues to give life for another three decades after the accident. Today, that father and kidney recipient have the chance to meet.
Resource: Transplant Programs at Mayo Clinic
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