He finished his studies and had a second
child after the transplant, Jungebluth notes.
Not exact matches
After months of tests and planning, Miles underwent the kidney
transplant today at Ann & Robert H. Lurie
Children's Hospital of Chicago.
Although Ben sadly died
after his second
transplant 15 months
after his first, many more
child recipients survived.
Researchers at Dana - Farber / Boston
Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report promising outcomes from a clinical trial with patients with a rare form of bone marrow failure who received a hematopoietic stem cell
transplant (HSCT)
after pre-treatment with immunosuppressive drugs only.
After infection, some healthy people experience a month or more of flu - like symptoms, but the disease can cause seizures and potentially fatal encephalitis in the immunocompromised, including patients receiving
transplants, those with HIV / AIDS, cancer patients, the elderly, and young
children.
The Boston Globe tells the story of Boston
Children's patient Sloan St. James who was diagnosed with biliary atresia and received a liver
transplant after Lt. Steven Tenney found out he was a match to donate.
Because all organ
transplants require recipients to take potent and sometimes toxic anti-rejection medication, typically, the uterus is removed
after they've had two
children.