Organ Donation

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12
Apr
2009

Amazing Baby Continues To Fight After Being Taken Of Respirator

Baby Kaylee continued to defy the odds yesterday, breathing on her own for a second day after she was removed from a respirator in anticipation that she would become a heart donor for another infant.

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20
Mar
2009

5-Year-Old Girl Makes Medical History By Receiving Organs From Both Parents.

Jasmine Mirza recently made medical history after she received a kidney from her mom and a portion of liver from her father.

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12
Jan
2007

Womb Transplant??

I have heard of liver, kidney and heart transplants, but never a womb.

The journal Obstetrics and Gynecology reports that current organ donor networks appear able to supply human wombs, or uteruses, for transplantation as a possible approach to treating infertility.

Dr. Giuseppe Del Priore of New York Downtown Hospital and colleagues came to this conclusion [...]

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Jan
2007

Alberta Dad Donates Part Of Liver To Toddler Son

Markus DeJong is a lucky little boy. At two years old, he has received the best gift anyone could ask for…a new liver!

He was healthy at birth but after three weeks became irritable and wouldn’t sleep.
His skin colour was jaundiced and when it got worse, his parents sought help.
“He was green [...]

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