Tag: "lung transplant"
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Milestone year for lung transplant at Barnes-Jewish
Last year was a very good year for lung transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Usually, the program averages about 55 transplants a year. But in 2011, Washington University surgeons performed 75 transplant procedures – the most in the program’s 23-year history. Why the big jump? It was a combination of having both a large number of donor organs available and [...]
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 [...]
Here we go again – retransplantation
A small number of patients on the waiting list for organ transplants have played the waiting game before. Those people are waiting for their second transplant, often called a “retransplant.” According to a 2008 study by the University of Michigan, as more Americans have organ transplants, the total number of retransplant patients has steadily risen. However, the percentage of [...]
Lung recipient tells a story of persistence and defying the odds
Here’s a great story about a Barnes-Jewish patient who reminds us that transplant patients, themselves, may play the biggest role in how a transplant story turns out. Sometimes that story can have unexpected twists and dark moments, when a happy ending seems unattainable. At those times, the transplant patient has to have the will and inner strength to keep [...]
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 [...]
Lung recipient’s work featured in Joplin tornado book
We knew Curtis Almeterwas a pretty terrific photographer when we first saw his work. The young photojournalist from Neosho, MO, had recently graduated from college when we met him. He was on the lung transplant waiting list here at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Curtis had begun documenting his struggle with cystic fibrosis in a photo journal several months before. [...]
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