KSAT has been reporting on a transplant pair for years now, and this week marks five years since University Health's Transplant Institute director gave her kidney to a complete stranger. Now, he's a close friend, and the two are spreading awareness about living donors.
Month: July 2026
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Not Many Patients Reach Kidney Transplant Evaluation
Nearly half of the people referred for a kidney transplant never make it to evaluation. Half. (Let that sink in.) I made it through evaluation, the waitlist, and surgery, and I don't take one bit of it for granted. A new study explains why the odds aren't equal for everyone. Here's why it matters.
Bijou Phillips finds a kidney match
Bijou Phillips just got the call every person on dialysis prays for. A voucher program found her a perfect match, and her own brother stepped into the kidney exchange to help make it happen. Grace has a funny way of finding its way home, sometimes through a stranger, sometimes through your own blood.
Other News: A stranger I met at the beach gave me her kidney
A Doberman named Indie kept wandering toward a stranger on a Welsh beach, and that stranger turned out to be carrying the answer to five years of dialysis. Katie James had just joined the kidney donor register. Days later, she found out she was a one in 22 million match for a woman named Lucy Humphrey. This is their story.
My First Vacation Since My Kidney Journey Began
Nine guys, one Chicago house, a sailboat on Lake Michigan, and not a single dialysis machine along for the ride. This was my first real vacation since dialysis began, and this time, I finally had the energy to live every minute.