Transplant
Transplant coordinator honored for making a difference
Sonya Mau has been with her husband, Ben, every step of the way since he learned that his kidneys were failing more than 10 years ago. That journey brought the couple to the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center, where Ben received a kidney transplant in February 2008. And it brought them to Andrea Sharos [...]
Award-winning writer and kidney transplant recipient shares thoughts on organ donation
April is National Donate Life Month. Each week, we’re sharing a story about organ transplantation and how the decision by one person to become a donor gives another person the gift of life. Editor’s note: Jim McFarlin is an award-winning writer, editor, and public speaker. He’s also a member of the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish [...]
Transplant Center receives National Kidney Registry Excellence in Teamwork Award
The Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center was one of nine centers recently honored with the National Kidney Registry (NKR) Excellence in Teamwork Award. The award is presented to NKR member centers that go above and beyond, working together in facilitating living-donor paired kidney exchange. The award was presented during the NKR’s fifth annual Season of Miracles [...]
Living kidney donor hopes for waiting list to be wiped to zero
April is National Donate Life Month. Each week, we’re sharing a story about organ transplantation and how the decision by one person to become a donor gives another person the gift of life. As a nurse, Lisa Cox is passionate about helping others in their time of need. She says she’s never personally known someone [...]
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patient receives double lung transplant
April is National Donate Life Month. Each week, we’ll share the story of a transplant recipient and how the decision by one person to become a donor gave another person the gift of life. A successful lung transplant is a major team effort. But all the work of the physicians, nurses, therapists, lab technicians, social [...]
Heart transplant recipient receives the gift of life twice—20 years and one day apart
April is National Donate Life Month. Each week, we’ll share the story of a transplant recipient and how the decision by one person to become a donor gave another person the gift of life. Beverly Uhlmansiek got the call she had been waiting for on January 23. She was getting a new heart. But this [...]
Kidney/pancreas transplant recipient looks forward to helping others
Danielle Scheetz says the difference in her life is like night and day since she received a kidney and pancreas transplant at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Transplant Center. That was nearly three-and-a-half years ago. Before her transplant, she says she couldn’t even walk up a flight of stairs without being winded, and every day [...]
World Kidney Day: A kidney transplant journey
As we shared last week, National Kidney Month is a great time to think about the health of your kidneys. Today is World Kidney Day, which according to the National Kidney Foundation aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney [...]
National Kidney Month: Keeping your kidneys healthy
Kidneys play an integral role in your health by removing waste products and excess fluid from the body. So it’s important they function properly. March is a perfect time to think about your kidneys’ health because it’s National Kidney Month, designed to help raise awareness about the prevention and early detection of kidney disease. According [...]
Double lung transplant recipient focuses on helping others
Joel Ray says he first noticed something was wrong in 2008. “I never slow down – ever. But I walked up the stairs one day and said, ‘My lord, I’m out of shape. I have to get back to the gym.’ From there on out, it got worse and worse. In 2011, I went on [...]
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