Daughter's liver, kidney transplants help save mother's life
In what doctors call an extremely rare case, a daughter's gift is helping save her mother's life.
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In what doctors call an extremely rare case, a daughter's gift is helping save her mother's life.
Saint Luke's doctors say Kelly Anspaugh's chances of living were slim, but fate had other plans.
A Muhlenberg County man reunites with the surgeons who gave him a second chance at life, after a first-of-its-kind double-transplant at UofL Health Jewish Hospital.
PALO ALTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Patrick Shannon watched as his father John experienced some of the worst impact of COVID-19. First the infection, then an immune response so severe, it ravaged his organs. "If you would have looked at him the first day I saw him, you would not have believed he was alive," says Patrick. With lungs, and kidneys failing, he says doctors in Washington state gave his father little chance of survival. Rarely leaving his bedside, Patrick didn't give up, emailing major transplant centers including Stanford. But Dr. John MacArthur, M.D. says they initially had concerns as w...
Strong. finally tonight, america strong. mr. d. back at work after receiving not one, but two organ transplants, and the whole school there to greet him. >> reporter: when the doors of pole green elementary opened and 59-year-old tyrees dandridge saw all this commotion, all this joy, he realized just how lucky he was. tyrees wasn't being dramatic. just a few months earlier he was in a bad spot, in need of an organ transplant. but not just one -- two. a new heart and a new kidney. he waited and prayed and somehow got both. a double transplant. >> i thank him for looking at me because a lot of...