US Edition5-Year-Old Finds Kidney Donor After Radio Segment
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, JUL 10 – A living donor responded to a 98 Rock appeal, enabling 5-year-old Lucy Helmlinger to avoid dialysis and begin recovery after end-stage renal failure, doctors said.
- Five-Year-Old Lucy Helmlinger received a kidney transplant in March after a Baltimore radio segment led a listener to donate urgently needed organs.
- Lucy suffered end-stage renal failure, had seven surgeries, and faced imminent dialysis, prompting her family to appear on the show seeking a donor.
- Scott Scannell, 61, endured a decade-long struggle with polycystic kidney disease and, following an extended period undergoing dialysis and being listed on the national transplant registry, received a kidney transplant that transformed his life.
- Scott expressed deep gratitude to firefighter Anne Marie Hassett, calling her donation a 'second chance' during their emotional meeting.
- These transplant stories highlight urgent needs as 17 people die daily waiting for organs and 90 percent of recipients wait in a list over 100,000 nationwide.
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For the second summer in a row, Ian Thornell, PhD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, took his expertise 1,243 miles northeast to MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. Surrounded by the granite peaks and rocky beaches of Acadia National Park, this historic lab hosts the Kidney TREKS [Tutored Research & […]
A man, Nicola De Simone, donated a kidney to his son Giuseppe, saving his life. The story comes from Capaci. The article "Dad donates kidney to son and saves his life," a moving story in the Palermo area, comes from Diretta Sicilia.
(Dan Tri) - Thanks to two kidneys from a brain-dead donor, two patients with end-stage renal failure were miraculously revived.
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