Author Archive: Karen

KTWO News call today to do a second interview for an update on finding a living donor. They did such a good job! I would like to thank KTWO News for covering and airing my story. I appreciate it so…
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This has been a busy month so far. I don’t have any news on any matched donors yet. I’m still waiting for a match. On April 2 my mom had a massive heart attack. She is doing o.k. and making…
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There is a new procedure that I am hoping will help me to get a kidney transplant sooner than later. The procedure is desensitization. I have a call into my transplant coordinator to find out more details on this procedure…
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Here is a link to the great news story that Michael Sevren did today.

On Tuesday, February 16th, I received a call from my transplant coordinator and she informed me that my kidneys are too big to leave in and that there isn’t room to transplant a kidney. This means mine have to come…
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I received a call from the University of Utah Medical Center telling me that I was medically approved for a transplant surgery. I passed all the medical testing required to have a transplant. The next step is finding a matched…
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On January 26th I had to have more testing done. I had an echo stress test, an MRA brain scan to check for aneurysms, and a CT scan of my kidneys to see how big they are. The worst part…
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On January 6, 2016 I had my evaluation and education clinic at University of Utah Medical Center. It went really well and I’m very happy with U of U Medical Center. There was a lot of information and I learned…
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