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Kidney Transplant: Laina's Story
Kidney disease isn't just an illness that affects adults or the elderly. In the United States, more than 1,000 children are awaiting life saving kidney transplants, 17 in Wisconsin today.This fact became a startling reality for the Koenig family of B...
11/30/2012 | Kidney Transplant: Laina's Story
The Gift of Life, Again: Father Donates Kidney to Son
What's a father to do? When Randy Holcomb learned that his 15 year-old son Zach had Wegners disease, a very rare disease that landed Zach on the kidney transplant wait list, Randy immediately stepped up to donate his own kidney. Now 16, and the owner...
11/30/2012 | The Gift of Life, Again: Father Donates Kidney to Son
Back in Tune: Living Donation Restores Musician's Health
Fourteen-year-old Aviva was exhausted prior to her first high school final exams. Her family thought it was mononucleosis. Tests revealed liver disease serious enough to require a transplant.
11/29/2012 | Back in Tune: Living Donation Restores Musician's Health
Amazing Kids, Amazing Stories: Will's Story
A few weeks after he was born, Will Andrews of Madison was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition called bilary atresia.This means that Will's bile was not draining properly – a condition that could ultimately have led to liver failure. F...
7/11/2012 | Amazing Kids, Amazing Stories: Will's Story
Amazing Kids, Amazing Stories: Ali's Story
When Ali Wandschneider was 3 years old, her mother, Lori, was told that her little girl had just 20 hours to live - unless she got a liver transplant.A liver was found for Ali, who had a rare, genetic liver disease, and UW Health Dr. Anthony D'Aless...
5/22/2012 | Amazing Kids, Amazing Stories: Ali's Story
Liver Transplant: Ezekiel's Story
The following article was written by Michelle, the mother of UW Hospital and Clinics liver transplant patient Ezekiel.Ezekiel was a normal, playful 2-year-old boy until the day I happened to notice that the whites of his eyes were a yellowish color....
4/26/2012 | Liver Transplant: Ezekiel's Story
Liver Transplant: Isaac's Story
Isaac Weinberg was barely a teenager when he was diagnosed with Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EHE), a rare form of cancer that affected his liver.With few treatment options for the cancer, which only affects a few hundred people worldwide, Weinb...
4/26/2012 | Liver Transplant: Isaac's Story
Tyler Degand: Not Taking Normal for Granted
Tyler Degand was 14 years old when a rare strain of influenza B landed him in the hospital, struggling to stay alive. Now 16, Tyler enjoys the every day activities of a high school sophomore, including the excitement of learning to drive. But he d...
4/26/2012 | Tyler Degand: Not Taking Normal for Granted
Liver Transplant: Trevor's Story
As Told by Dawn, Trevor's Mother Trevor was a typical fun-loving and energetic five-year-old boy before his liver began to fail. After several days of hospitalization involving extensive medication and a barrage of tests, it became clear h...
4/26/2012 | Liver Transplant: Trevor's Story