The power of organ donation: 3 couples celebrate after life-saving, 6-person kidney exchange

A double lung transplant and a brand new life, thanks to organ donation

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WLAX/WEUX) - Have you ever heard of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)? Better yet, can you pronounce idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Chances are, if you are suffering from it, you would have to catch your breath halfway through saying the words you are afflicted with. Ann Sidesinger was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Since her double lung transplant, Ann is living a healthier, happier life. IPF makes your normall…

The power of organ donation: 3 couples celebrate after life-saving, 6-person kidney exchange

By Ashley Mackey Click here for updates on this story     LOMA LINDA, California (KABC) — Loma Linda University Transplant Institute recently held a reunion to celebrate a very unique situation — a six-person kidney exchange. For the first time, three kidney transplant recipients met the people who saved their lives. “Not only did I help my husband, but I helped a whole other family,” said Ashley Dade about being a donor in the kidney exchange p…