Thursday, February 20, 2003Remember the one about aluminum pull-tabs buying dialysis time?This is one of those urban legends that's been floating around since before I developed renal insufficiency. The legend goes that for every aluminum pull-tab from a soda can (or empty cigarette pack), a certain number of minutes of dialysis time could be bought for a needy patients. Frankly, if... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 1:41 PM Comments (0) (link) Jesica gets a second chanceJesica Santillan, who received donor organs which were mismatched, finally got a heart and lungs which came from someone of her blood type. These organs were found at 1 AM Eastern Standard Time this morning, and she is awaiting a second transplant procedure as I type. (Due to the delicacy of lung... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 6:15 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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