http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog Factual information for potential organ donors as well as personal accounts about organ transplantation. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:32:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/wp-content/mbp-favicon/favicon6.ico http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/kidney-transplants-at-ucla-medical-center-have-a-domino-effect-685/ http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/kidney-transplants-at-ucla-medical-center-have-a-domino-effect-685/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:11:18 +0000 dancefordonors http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/?p=685 By Molly Hennessy-Fiske LA Times October 23, 2009 At 8:25 Thursday morning, Dr. Peter Schulam extracted a healthy kidney from a 60-year-old woman, slipped it into a bowl of sterile ice and wheeled it into the operating room next door. The donor, Nancy Seruto, a San Dimas mother, had never met the recipient, a 67-year-old [...]]]> http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/kidney-transplants-at-ucla-medical-center-have-a-domino-effect-685/feed/ 2 http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/the-journey-of-an-altruistic-kidney-donor-714/ http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/the-journey-of-an-altruistic-kidney-donor-714/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:23:28 +0000 dancefordonors http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/?p=714 By Carolyn Weaver New York 16 October 2009 “It was like planning for a long vacation.” That’s how Daryl Julich, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says he budgeted for the cost of donating one of his kidneys to a stranger: several weeks’ lost income and a no-expense-paid trip to New York City. Of course, few people [...]]]> http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/the-journey-of-an-altruistic-kidney-donor-714/feed/ 0 http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/altruistic-donor-donates-kidney-at-new-york-hospital-718/ http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/altruistic-donor-donates-kidney-at-new-york-hospital-718/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:32:44 +0000 dancefordonors http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/?p=718 An estimated 62,000 people in the United States have severe kidney failure. To lead a normal life, each needs a new kidney, preferably one transplanted from a healthy living donor. Some are lucky enough to have a family member or friend with a compatible blood type who is willing to donate. But a few will [...]]]> http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/altruistic-donor-donates-kidney-at-new-york-hospital-718/feed/ 0 http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/kidney-failure-part-3-a-revolution-trading-donors-710/ http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/kidney-failure-part-3-a-revolution-trading-donors-710/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:12:22 +0000 dancefordonors http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/?p=710 Surgeons Erik Finger, left, and Rajinder Singh removed a kidney (shown on monitor) from a living donor during an operation at the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview in Minneapolis. In an adjacent operating room, the organ recipient was prepped and waiting for the kidney. Kidney exchanges use the oldest economic model of all – trade. [...]]]> http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/kidney-failure-part-3-a-revolution-trading-donors-710/feed/ 0 http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/altruistic-kidney-donor-to-start-a-chain-of-life-210/ http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/altruistic-kidney-donor-to-start-a-chain-of-life-210/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:30:38 +0000 dancefordonors http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/?p=210 Altruistic kidney donor, Max Zapata, heard about a woman that needed a kidney so he is donating his. It’s part of the chain of life.]]> http://www.dancefordonors.org/blog/2009/kidney/altruistic-kidney-donor-to-start-a-chain-of-life-210/feed/ 2