For the past 33 years, Thomas and Rhonda Johnson have been inseparable from small moments to hard times. In 2022, Thomas heard devastating news. “I knew that I had 50% usage of my kidney. And so, I just was like, I wasn’t concerned about it until they told me the numbers. And it was like […]
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He needed a kidney: A high school classmate from 25 years ago answered the call
Angelina and Jereme were classmates in typing class together 25 years ago and now they’re bonded through a living kidney donation.
Read More‘Two good kidneys and one good uncle’ equal match for RI business owner in need
For Andrew Reinhardt, the decision to donate a kidney to their uncle was easy. “It’s pretty simple math for me,” Reinhardt says. “I’ve got two good kidneys and one good uncle.”
Read MoreThanks to living donor and Intermountian Sevier Valley Dialysis, teen able to “get back to normal”
Teenage years can be hard enough, but most teens don’t have to spend hours in the car hooked up to a machine just to stay alive. But one boy from Annabella, Utah, faced just that until he got help from caregivers at Intermountain Sevier Valley Hospital, Primary Children’s Hospital, and an altruistic kidney donor.
Read MoreSevier County teen celebrates going back to school after life-saving kidney transplant
One family from Annabella knows the commute to Salt Lake City all too well. It’s where they spent several scary visits to the hospital for their sick son. “I tried to go back to swim practice, then I started blacking out,” Henry Coulter said.
Read MoreLocal couple thanks living kidney donor for the gift of life
A local couple celebrates the gift of life thanks to a neighbor. It all started a few years ago with a billboard for Linda McGrane. She had friends who owned the company that put up a billboard.
Read MoreReading woman takes to social media in hopes on finding life-saving kidney
One Reading family is making a special plea for a donation but it isn’t your average ask; they’re asking for a lifesaving organ. “I am at end stage renal failure, which means my kidneys barely function,” said Melanie Johnson, who is in need of a kidney transplant.
Read MoreCHOP sets record for living donor kidney transplants
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced today that its kidney transplant program has performed the most living donor kidney transplants ever in a fiscal year.
Read MoreWoman surprises sorority sister as a match for kidney donation: ‘my hero’
A video of a woman surprising her sorority sister as a match for a kidney donation has gone viral after making the rounds online. As of Tuesday, the video had accumulated nearly 1 million views on TikTok alone with hundreds of thousands of likes and more than a thousand comments.
Read MoreTampa General Hospital looks to educate more Latinos on kidney transplants
As Tampa’s Hispanic population continues to grow, Tampa General Hospital is bringing more education to its Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program.
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