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Edmonton Oil Kings aim to build awareness, increase donors ahead of WHL Suits Up to Promote Organ Donation
On Monday, the Edmonton Oil Kings helped spread awareness about the importance of organ donation – and signed up to become organ donors themselves – ahead of WHL Suits Up to Promote Organ Donation presented by RE/MAX, taking place this Friday, January 17 when the Oil Kings host the visiting Prince Albert Raiders at 7:00 PM MT at Rogers Place.
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‘It Doesn’t Have to be a Morbid Conversation’: Mother of Infant Organ Donor Makes Public Appeal
Rebecca Maher’s daughter died at just eight months old, but was able to give a new life to someone waiting on a kidney transplant. Her kidneys, although tiny and not yet fully developed, were successfully donated to a 41-year-old man.
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A Perfect Match: Husband Donates Kidney to Wife of 51 years
“It was quite a gift. I don’t think he has to give me another gift for the rest of my life,” she said. “This was the ultimate present.”
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‘I still got 3.5 extra years that I wouldn’t have had’: N.B. woman prepares for second double-lung transplant
Jade Tripp is preparing for her second double-lung transplant after catching a common cold last year – “I caught a cold, and now I’m in rejection, so it is a very serious matter,” she said. “Even if you’re not sick all the time enough to need a vaccination or a flu shot, there are people around you that really rely on you having one.”
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How an Economist Helped Thousands Get a New Kidney
The new idea was for a “kidney exchange” where pairs of donors with kidneys which do not match are put together with other non-matching pairs so that everyone who was donating was able to find a matching recipient.
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