Tag: kidney transplant
[weaver_youtube ybRgSy9dck4 rel=0] PHILADELPHIA — Doctors at Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have successfully performed the world’s first pediatric double hand transplant. Zion Harvey, 8, was the recipient. Doctors had to amputate both of Zion’s hands, as well as his feet, at age two to save him from a life-threatening infection. He hasn’t …read more.
A benefit fundraising spaghetti dinner will be held for Nick Parker from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 19 at First Christian Church, 115 Park Ridge Drive, Warsaw. When Nick and Beth Parker exchanged wedding vows in September 2013, they had no idea how soon they would face for better or for worse due to …read more.
Mathew Mawer of Warsaw just wants to lead a normal life again. He is in desperate need of a kidney transplant and is currently on dialysis, the only thing keeping him alive. Two of his previously donated kidneys from family members have been rejected. Time is of the essence as he is losing his health …read more.


