Kathy Holleman
Kathy Holleman
area average kidney people waiting
We usually have in the area of 400 people on our waiting list, just for kidneys. We do an average of about 120 or 125 kidney transplants a year, so there are a lot more people waiting than actually get them.
healthy patients sure thorough
We want to make sure they're healthy in every way. We don't want to have two patients after the operation, so we put them through a pretty thorough exam.
came evaluation good match monday results testing throughout transplant
They do testing throughout the whole evaluation process. The results that came back Monday before the scheduled transplant indicated that the match was not as good as they had first thought, so they canceled the transplant.
diabetes failure goes kidney
As diabetes goes up, you see more kidney failure.
born doctors kidney people
You only need one kidney. Doctors say a lot of people are born with one kidney and never know they have only one kidney.
donor kidney living perfect tends
We find a kidney from a living donor tends to do better than a kidney from a cadaver donor, even if the cadaver is a perfect match.
matching problem telling
The problem with that is there is just no telling when you would get a matching organ.