The gift of life – kidney transplantation at Nebraska Medicine
April was National Donate Life Month and more than 400 people here in Nebraska are waiting for a life-saving transplant. Kacee Bateman recognized the need, and started a kidney transplant chain that touched the lives of countless others. Kacee and members of our kidney transplant team explain the impact a single donor can have!
Living-donor kidney transplants are accomplished when a healthy individual with two functioning kidneys agrees to donate one of their healthy kidneys to someone who is on dialysis or will need dialysis in the very near future. Living donation is a selfless act.