Boone County Boy Gets Kidney Transplant After Five Year Wait

When Klára, now 26, was four years old, she developed a lump on her belly. Wilms' tumor, an aggressive kidney tumor, affected both kidneys. Doctors left only half of one of them in the girl's body. Her parents were already saying goodbye to their daughter, as she was given only a five percent chance of survival. But she bravely held on to half of the kidney for almost twenty years. A transplant saved her life for the second time.

Before undergoing a 50-hour face transplant surgery, I was constantly stared at: Now, it feels like the greatest gift

For six years, Derek, 58, underwent extensive facial reconstruction, yet the results left him unrecognizable. He lost an eye, struggled to breathe and speak, and relied on a feeding tube. Despite it all, he remained grateful. After exhausting all surgical options, doctors suggested a face transplant, his last hope. The procedure, performed at the Mayo Clinic, was their most complex yet, replacing 85% of his face using the forehead, eyelids, nose…

Boone County Boy Gets Kidney Transplant After Five Year Wait

LEBANON, Ind. (WISH) — A 15-year-old’s wait for a kidney transplant ends with a new lease on life. On Sunday, a police escort on led the way past a line of family, friends, and hand-drawn signs of support for Aiden Blackburn, a teenager who received a new kidney on Feb 23. after waiting five years and four months on the transplant list.  He’s spent the past four weeks recovering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, returning to a surprise…