Category: Organ Transplant
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Living Donation
When I was 58, I became a living donor. I was surprised that I made it through the battery of testing and was declared healthy enough to donate a kidney to my 28-year-old son. The photo here was taken on April 8, 2012, the day before our surgeries at Duke University Medical Center. This date…
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Never again just Valentine’s Day
It was 2012 that I learned February 14 is National Donor Day. I learned this from my son John when he wrote a post (that became an op-ed in our local paper) while sitting in a dialysis chair. He was 28 at that time. Just the day before I had been approved to give him…
Our Aging Selves 