By ADAM GELLER April 22, 2021 GMT WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — On line in the hospital atrium, Kari Wegg folds her hands in her lap while husband Rodney pilots the wheelchair, moving
Matt Schlatter fulfilled his dream of becoming a paramedic and living an active life after receiving a double lung transplant two years ago. Having battled cystic fibrosis his whole life, the
The organ damage from COVID-19 has left many patients in need of transplants. Recent reports say that though doctors once hesitated to perform transplants to benefit COVID-19 patients, they're now operating more
Child receives 2nd heart transplant at Lurie Children's Hospital For each step of her life, 7-year-old Kaysen has had quite a team backing her, including a heart surgeon willing to have
WARREN, Pa. — Dec. 7 is a day that will live in very personal high esteem for Marty Yucha. About five years ago, Yucha had successful cancer treatments. But, those treatments
As more and more Americans receive their COVID-19 vaccine, heart failure patients and heart transplant recipients may have specific questions about how they should proceed. Can they be vaccinated? If
Bryan Raymond tested positive for the coronavirus in December 2020, and walked out of a Denver hospital with a newly transplanted pair of lungs in March 2021. Raymond, 37, of Malta,
This unique approach to heart-liver transplant opens the door to more highly sensitised patients getting the transplants they desperately need Representative Image | Pic: Flickr Traditionally, surgeons transplant the heart first followed
For the first time in Cyprus, a kidney transplant from a mother to a child was successfully performed, the health ministry announced on Friday. The transplant, from a mother to her