Here are some short, inspirational success stories of kidney transplants:
Living donor gives new life to young mother
Becky Felker had never considered becoming a living donor until that life-changing day several years ago.
Kidney Transplant: Neil’s Story
Neil Emmott struggled with polycystic kidney disease for 15 years until a paired exchange program resulted in kidneys for him and seven other people.
Patient Success Story: Josh’s Transplant Success Story
osh was born battling kidney disease and has been fighting ever since. In 2008, he had a transplant with a kidney that was donated from his sister, but after six years it failed. For the next several years, Josh struggled on dialysis. Josh’s wife Kristi is a nurse, so he was able to do some of his dialysis procedures at home while they waited for a donor kidney.
Eleven years on Kidney Dialysis, two brushes with death, tens of trips to the ER, numerous surgeries, trips to the Cath-Lab, infections, two failed fistulas and little or no hope of ever getting a kidney transplant, I finally received, what I believe, was a miracle transplant in October 2018 at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.