Tag: "liver transplant"
Transplant center programs recognized for maximizing the gift of life
The Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Transplant Center continues to solidify its reputation as one of the premiere programs in the country. The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a silver medal of honor to the kidney/pancreas program and a bronze medal of honor to the liver, kidney and lung programs. The annual HHS [...]
MTS Candlelight Memorial Celebration
Last night, hundreds of people filled the memorial park adjacent to the Mid-America Transplant Services (MTS) offices for the Candlelight Memorial Celebration. It was a beautiful night to remember and honor the selfless act of giving demonstrated by organ and tissue donors and their families. Before the ceremony, several musical performers took the stage, including [...]
Barnes-Jewish liver transplant nurse is patient’s “Guiding Light”
The Guiding Light was the longest running drama in television history. The show’s title came from a lamp shining in the window of one character’s house as a beacon to guide people looking for comfort or advice. A Barnes-Jewish Hospital transplant nurse, Pam Thurston, RN, CCTN, was honored on Transplant Nurses Day, April 18, as [...]
Reflecting on miracles – an anniversary celebrated quietly
Today, we present a guest post by Betsy Talcott Kelleher, the mother of one of our liver transplant patients. She reflects on the miracle of transplant and the miracle of simply living. Enjoy: What’s the number 24 got to do with it? by Betsy Talcott Kelleher “Life isn’t fair,” my youngest son once said, after [...]
Long-term transplant survival: An answer to a 24-year-old question
A quick history lesson before we tell you about Cindy Conrad: Organ transplant was first attempted in the 1950s. At first, the only transplants performed were living donor kidney transplants between identical twins, who, being genetically identical, were automatically a perfect match. In the 1960s and 1970s, surgeons tried other types of transplants. But steroids, [...]
A final best of 2011 transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
This is generally known as the “season of giving.” And I’ve been taught that if you receive a gift, you say “thank you.” So, on behalf of those of our team, I want to offer a heartfelt thank you to all of you who have taken the time to read our blog and support transplant. Special thanks go [...]
The best of transplant 2011 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
In the season of giving, as our gift to you, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite transplant stories from the Washington University- Barnes-Jewish Hospital Transplant Center in 2011. Enjoy these two for starters: First, the story of someone who gave the gift of life, and in doing so, got a gift of his own. From March, here’s the story [...]
A mom tells why donation was the “right thing to do”
Our partners at Mid-America Transplant Services, the region’s organ procurement organization, have a video by donor mom June Laschober in their newest online newletter. She talks about her son, Scott Laschober, a “teddy bear” of a young man, who died just as his life was starting to come together. June tells how in the face of this tragedy, making [...]
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