Saturday, February 22, 2003Aack! My blog is gone! :)I had to type the emoticon into the title manually, because it's impossible to do so using the default template. However, the title itself is inspired by one of Whim's earlier Writing Prompts: My Blog Is Gone. I have to wonder if I'm to blame for that. I'll grant that this blog was hot while the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 10:09 PM Comments (2) (link) Rest in peace, JesicaJesica Santillan was declared dead, using neurological criteria commonly called "brain death," at 1:25 PM Eastern Standard Time. Her life support was withdrawn at approximately 5 PM this afternoon. It is unclear at this time whether the Santillan family wanted the doctors to do what is called... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 6:00 PM Comments (0) (link) Minority viewsIt is almost axiomatic in the transplant community that recipients seek some sort of financial assistance in order to get their transplants. This is because the operation is expensive, and assumed to be beyond the means of the average person. Financial assistance has been available for kidney... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 9:14 AM Comments (0) (link) Myths and realityTransWeb, a popular transplantation-related site, talks about some of the more popular myths of transplantation. One of those myths is exemplified by the case of former Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey. He had a disease called amyloidosis, if memory serves correctly, and ended up needing a heart-liver... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 8:21 AM Comments (0) (link) |
About this BlogThis was originally intended to be written during Organ Donor Awareness Week only, but I felt like writing about transplant-related issues at other times of the year.
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