Saturday, January 24, 2004
Five years and counting - the first successful hand transplant
Five years ago, Matthew Scott got a hand transplant. Even now, he remembers the moment when he woke up after surgery and saw that he had real fingers on a real hand, rather than prosthetic hooks on a faux hand. Although I could go into depth about what has happened to him since, I would rather focus... Sign in to see full entry.
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Thursday, December 18, 2003
Alonzo Mourning set to receive transplant
Basketball fans are aware of just who I'm talking about when I mention Alonzo Mourning. Three seasons ago, he was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (don't worry about memorizing the name of the disease - just call it FSGS) but was allowed to keep playing for as long as he felt... Sign in to see full entry.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2003
To dialyze is human, to go divine: The problem of federally-funded dialysis
When I was on dialysis, there was an implicit attitude among kidney-related charities that the funding of dialysis (and, by extension, kidney transplants, which is why this post is in here) ought to be done by the government. I submit that I am a good example of why this is a wrongheaded attitude.... Sign in to see full entry.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2003
MHW - you're responsible for giving me this idea ;-)
Yes, it does have something to do with organ-donor awareness in a very loose way. When I was first on dialysis, one of the most offensive things to me - a budding young Libertarian - is the amount of tax money absolutely wasted on getting us kidney patients to take the stuff. I mean, I can... Sign in to see full entry.
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Thursday, April 24, 2003
Doctor donates kidney to patient
Susan Hou went to medical school with a patient in kidney failure, back in the days before federal funding was available in the United States for dialysis. In addition to his kidney failure, he was concerned with finances; his pocketbook, already very lean from medical-school expenses, would be... Sign in to see full entry.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2003
LifeSharers
LifeSharers is a website describing a method of organ allocation in the private sector. I got the link through a contact in the Libertarian party, and I was also led to a story about Life Sharers in a New Orleans newspaper. This story indicated that UNOS, the federally-funded organization which... Sign in to see full entry.
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Saturday, April 5, 2003
Time to take the gloves off
The old cliche refers to people fighting "with gloves off" - bare-fisted. This is apparently supposed to indicate that those doing the fighting are being especially aggressive in the fight. This is exactly what I plan on doing here - fighting aggressively for what I know to be right, without having... Sign in to see full entry.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Dillon Sanders update - Loma Linda University issues press release
Loma Linda University reports that Dillon Sanders is doing well after his heart transplantation surgery. A press release detailing his condition can be read at this link. You can also go to that same link and find out how to contact little Dillon's family, through Loma Linda Medical Center. Sign in to see full entry.
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Thursday, March 13, 2003
Dillon Sellers transplanted
It's been on the news all morning that Dillon Sellers - whose dad is in the US Marine Corps, on active duty - has gotten his heart transplant at Loma Linda University Medical Center. (The Loma Linda link is to a press release issued while Dillon was still on the waiting list.) Although little Dillon... Sign in to see full entry.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Another botched transplant
Yahoo and Associated Press report that the parents of a 17-month-old toddler are suing two of Texas' most esteemed health care institutions - Baylor and Children's Medical Center - for another case of getting an organ with the wrong type into the 17-month-old recipient. The error was not discovered... Sign in to see full entry.
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