September 20, 2021

Dad donates part of liver to daughter in life-saving transplant (VIDEO)

CARRIERE, Miss. (AP) — Sitting poolside with his wife and two daughters, Rhett Shaffette says he’s already received the best gift this Father’s Day. His 12-year-old daughter is thriving, eight months

September 20, 2021

Girls launch lemonade stand to honor late sister who couldn’t get a heart transplant

Two little girls are running a lemonade stand with proceeds for organ donations in memory of their late sister. Makenzie Madsen of West Jordan, Utah died at age 14 last summer

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Heart Transplants

Pediatric Transplant

September 19, 2021

Kindergartner waiting for heart transplant in tears when surprised with early graduation ceremony

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - There’s a six-year-old little girl waiting to be added to a heart transplant list. As she prepares for this major surgery she has a full army

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Bone Marrow Transplants

September 15, 2021

SOUTH AFRICA: Please help save my daughter’s life

Durban - Zesuliwe Mazubane is always smiling and loves to set up her board to teach the younger children ‒ and at only 13 years old, she also urgently needs

September 15, 2021

AUSTRALIA: Mum turns down life-saving kidney transplant from her husband so it can go to their young daughter

A selfless mother has turned down a life-saving kidney donation from her husband so it can be given to their two-year-old daughter as she battles the same rare genetic disease. Bec

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Bone Marrow Transplants

Pediatric Transplant

September 14, 2021

Kyle’s story: Told in the words of his mother, Beth Anne Rekowski

TINA L. SCOTT EDITOR When you do the math, it seems like a long time ago. Four-year-old Kyle Rekowski passed away from cancer on December 7, 1992. It will be 29 years

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September 14, 2021

Vanderbilt Transplant Center Reaches New Record Number of Transplants Performed (VIDEO)

Newswise — The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed a record number of solid organ transplants in fiscal year 2021 (FY 21) — 637 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric programs

September 14, 2021

Gift Of Life Family House In Philadelphia Celebrates 10 Years Of Helping Transplant Patients, Families (VIDEO)

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Celebrating life with a giant eight-foot wind chime that was rung for the first time Wednesday in Philadelphia. The Gift of Life House is the first in

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ORGAN & TISSUE +

Pediatric Transplant

September 14, 2021

Transplant system scrambled amid Covid to keep donations almost steady

This is not a pandemic “silver lining” story. This is a could-have-been-far-worse story about how the pandemic did not fuel a catastrophe in transplantation or worsen the persistent gap between people

September 8, 2021

Parents of boy killed by alligator at Disney World advocate for pediatric organ donation in new campaign (VIDEO)

The parents of the 3-year-old boy who was tragically killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World are advocating for pediatric organ donation in a new campaign, coinciding with National

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