The pandemic disrupted organ transplants. But these three siblings aren’t giving up
Three siblings from left, Terre Baldwin, Al Baccei and Linda Tschaplizki are navigating the uncertainty of organ donations and transplants in a pandemic.
Al Baccei managed to work full time as a police detective while doing dialysis for his kidneys at night.
Linda Tschaplizki hopes to donate a kidney to indirectly help her younger brother.
Terre Baldwin got a heart and kidney transplant at the beginning of the pandemic last April.
As coronavirus shut down the world last year, Terre Baldwin was getting a life-saving heart and kidney transplant in San Francisco. With no guests allowed in her hospital room, she spent most of her days staring at the ceiling.