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See emotional moment after woman who received heart transplant meets donor’s father
Read full article: See emotional moment after woman who received heart transplant meets donor’s fatherOrgan donors are some of the most selfless people in the world, so it’s always emotional when someone who received an organ from a donor can meet their family.
Metro Detroit neurosurgeon will get badly-needed liver transplant
Read full article: Metro Detroit neurosurgeon will get badly-needed liver transplantFor decades a Metro Detroit neurosurgeon saved the lives of countless patients. Now he desperately needs a liver transplant. Three months after introducing you to Dr. Ken Casey, we have some good news.
‘I get a third chance at life:’ Detroit nurse receives second kidney transplant from cousin
Read full article: ‘I get a third chance at life:’ Detroit nurse receives second kidney transplant from cousinA Detroit nurse is in need of a life-saving kidney transplant. It turns out, she didn’t need to look far to get it.
Southgate woman encourages others to become organ donors after heart transplant saves her life
Read full article: Southgate woman encourages others to become organ donors after heart transplant saves her lifeThere are 2,500 people in Michigan waiting on an organ transplant, including more than 100 who need a new heart. Monday is National Organ Donor Day.
Metro Detroit neurosurgeon urgently needs liver transplant from living donor
Read full article: Metro Detroit neurosurgeon urgently needs liver transplant from living donorFor decades, a Metro Detroit neurosurgeon saved the lives of his patients. Now, Dr. Ken Casey needs a liver transplant. After his diagnosis during the summer of 2021, the entire family has been trying to find an organ donor.
Metro Detroit mom has inspirational Mother’s day message as she waits for heart transplant
Read full article: Metro Detroit mom has inspirational Mother’s day message as she waits for heart transplantA Metro Detroit mother who has relied on a mechanical heart pump for years while she’s waited to get on the organ transplant list.
Metro Detroit heart transplant recipient encourages others to become blood, organ donors
Read full article: Metro Detroit heart transplant recipient encourages others to become blood, organ donorsApril is National Donate Life Month, a time to celebrate the generosity of those who have saved lives by becoming organ, tissue, bone marrow donors and by making blood donations.
Why it’s important for people of color to be organ donors
Read full article: Why it’s important for people of color to be organ donorsIt’s happening across the board, but more so in communities of color and while organs are not matched based on race or ethnicity, it’s still important for minorities to donate. He was placed on the transplant list in August 2015. READ: Keeping hope alive for patients waiting for organ transplants“We need to donate. It’s a lot of us waiting on transplants," Love said. RELATED: Register: Michigan organ donors neededClick here to learn more about organ donation and join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry.
A life-saving gift: Detroit woman donates kidney to husband with COVID-19
Read full article: A life-saving gift: Detroit woman donates kidney to husband with COVID-19Natisha Fudge said shes the reason her husband contracted COVID-19, and now shes giving him a kidney to save his life as he deals with complications from the virus. Fudge is a former Certified Nursing Assistant who has seen her fair share of patients -- especially amid the coronavirus pandemic. They initially told us that he was in stage three kidney disease and now were dealing with seizures and the COVID, Natisha Fudge said. Aside from giving her husband the virus, the mother of three is giving him a kidney as well. When I started doing it, I realized the weight started coming off, Fudge said.