In a Medical First, Doctors Transplant the Same Kidney Twice in Two Weeks.
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| The three bodies the kidney was in. |
This article is about surgeons operating on the same kidney twice in two weeks. The final recipient (third person to own the organ) is reportedly doing well even after two transplants. A twenty-seven year old patient with a disease known as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (causes scar tissue on a part of the kidney that does the filtering of waste from the blood). The condition led to heart failure and the man received a kidney from his sister but within days signs of his glomerulosclerosis kicked in, causing life-threatening complications. The kidney was taken out so a good kidney couldn't be wasted. The man was glad to be helping another person so doctors removed the kidney and transplanted it into a sixty-seven year old man. The kidney regained function almost immediately. While the original patient is awaiting another transplant, this miracle was a medical first. The kidney made a miracle after being transported into three bodies.
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| The kidney transplant. |
I think this article was really interesting and miraculous. Many of the kidney transplants are working, but aren't working as well as the kidney is for the sixty-seven year old man. This is even after being in two bodies. Many miracles are happening currently considering curing diseases and find out more symptoms and it's really great that people are able to help other helpless people. It's interesting to see how one little organ can help boost everyone's confidence and help a person live. What surprises me most is how the organ fails in one body but does more than enough in the other. The transplant even showed reversal of the slight damage caused bu the original person's diseases. Like I said, it's all a medical first and miracles can always be happening.
To sum it all up, it's amazing how miracles are happening everyday even if the human brain cannot figure out why they're happening.
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