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UW Health Transplant Program and UW Organ and Tissue Donation 2017 Calendar
UW Health Transplant Program and
UW Organ and Tissue Donation
2017 Calendar
Talk to any person who has been involved with the UW Health Transplant Program or UW Organ and Tissue Donation (UW OTD), and he will tell you a story of people. There are so many — the donation advocates, who volunteer their time to promote the mission; the organ donors and their families or the living donors who gave selflessly; the transplant patients, waiting for their gifts of life; the physicians, nurses and myriad other staff who made the impossible possible; the recipients’ family and friends, who gave unconditional love and support during a tough time; the UW OTD staff members, who cared for a grieving family at their darkest hour.
And then those people connected.
The individuals featured in this calendar have forged powerful connections in their transplant and organ and tissue donation journeys. In some situations — as in the case of three brothers who all received the same type of transplant — those connections were firmly established long before the transplant. In others, they were created by the generous act of organ and tissue donation.
We are proud to be a part of the lives of all the people in this calendar — and a part of your lives. In 2017, we look forward to making many more connections.
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Kidney Transplant Outreach Clinics
Liver Transplant Outreach Clinics
Heart Transplant Outreach Clinics
The UW Health Transplant Program is based at University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. To help our patients receive care closer to home, we also provide outreach clinic services in several other cities. As we expand to meet patient needs, please visit uwhealth.org/transplant frequently to see new outreach clinic locations.
Kidney transplant clinics:• Green Bay, WI• La Crosse, WI• Marshfield, WI• Rockford, IL
Liver transplant/hepatology clinics:• Waukesha, WI• Marshfield, WI• Wausau, WI• Belvidere, IL
Heart failure/transplant clinics:• Green Bay, WI• Wausau, WI• Rockford, IL
UW Organ and Tissue Donation works with 108 hospitals in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan. To review a list of these hospital partners, visit uwotd.org
UW Health Transplant ProgramConnecting Lives for More than 50 YearsOur program began in 1966, and 51 years later it is still going strong. We are consistently ranked in the top 10 most active transplant programs in the nation, and have completed 13,952 transplants* with patient care outcomes consistently surpassing expected and national rates.
Program HighlightsKidney• Performed 9,900 transplants*• Adult and pediatric programs• Regional transplant clinics located in Green Bay, Wisconsin; La Crosse, Wisconsin;
Marshfield, Wisconsin; and Rockford, Illinois• Offering prednisone-free immunosuppression protocols to certain kidney patients• Living donation program includes direct donation; patient desensitization; and robotic,
single-port and laparoscopic nephrectomies• Potential living donors may participate in the UW Health Transplant Paired Exchange
Program, the National Kidney Registry and the United Network for Organ Sharing Paired Donation Program
Pancreas• Performed 1,644 transplants*• Currently performing the most solitary pancreas and simultaneous pancreas-kidney
transplants of any program in the nation• Only Pancreas Transplant Center of Excellence in Wisconsin• Offering simultaneous pancreas-kidney, pancreas after kidney, and solitary
pancreas transplantation• Transplanting select population of patients with Type 2 diabetes
Lung• Performed 716 transplants*• Only Lung Transplant Center of Excellence in Wisconsin• Accredited by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as a CF Care Center• Department of Veterans Affairs-approved lung transplant center
Heart• Performed 770 transplants*• Offering Share Care, a model of patient care for left ventricular assist
device (LVAD) patients• Comprehensive heart failure and transplant services • First transplant program in Wisconsin to offer HeartMate III, the newest LVAD device• Department of Veterans Affairs-approved center for LVAD and heart transplant
Liver• Performed 2,329 transplants*• Adult and pediatric programs• In 2016, opened a regional transplant clinic in Waukesha, Wisconsin, providing liver
transplant evaluations with a focus on patients interested in dual listing• Other regional transplant clinics located in Marshfield, Wisconsin; Wausau, Wisconsin;
and Belvidere, Illinois• Successfully transplanted the first liver in the nation perfused on the investigational
OrganOx metra device• Offering option for living liver donation and deceased donor split- and
reduced-liver transplants• Department of Veterans Affairs-approved liver transplant program• Only program in Wisconsin approved to do pediatric liver/intestinal transplants for
short bowel syndrome
WebsiteVisit uwhealth.org/transplant for:
• Living donor toolkit and videos• Referral resource information• Quality outcomes data• Patient stories
Patient ReferralsKidney, Liver, Pancreas: (608) 263-9531Heart: (608) 263-1690Lung: (608) 265-5658
*As of September 29, 2016
UW Organ and Tissue DonationChanging LivesThe ripple effect of our work continues to grow. In calendar year 2015, UW Organ and Tissue Donation (UW OTD) served 106 organ donors and 197 tissue donors. Those gifts resulted in 346 life-saving organs and thousands of tissue donations that greatly improve lives. Those remarkable gifts are made possible through the work of our donor families, volunteers, partners and dedicated team members who have gratefully spread the word that organ, tissue and eye donors are everyday heroes.
Spreading the Word• Currently, 2.8 million Wisconsin residents have registered as organ, tissue and eye
donors since the Wisconsin Donor Registry began in 2010. That’s nearly 60 percent of all Wisconsin residents. But, we’re focused on raising that number. Our goal is to have 75 percent of Wisconsin citizens registered as donors by 2020.
• We continue to promote National Donate Life Month in April and Orangetober in October, efforts which typically result in a 50 percent increase in donor registrations.
• Many of our donor families and transplant recipients show great dedication in spreading the word about organ, tissue and eye donation and raising funds for our program. Visit uwotd.org to learn more about starting your own event, and to see a schedule of events.
• We collaborate closely with the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin and support the Capital City 5K Run/Walk for Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation, scheduled for July 29, 2017. We also promote the Spotlight on Life Gala on January 21, 2017.
• We are a proud member of Donate Life Wisconsin (DLW), the nonprofit collaborative that, through awareness, education, registration and advocacy, motivates people to become organ, eye and tissue donors. UW OTD team members lead the DLW Department of Motor Vehicles and marketing committees, both of which work to fill the donor registry through partnerships, education and messaging.
Doug Miller SymposiumIn May 2017, hundreds of people who work in health care will come together for the 16th time to learn about organ and tissue donation and transplantation. The Doug Miller Symposium on Organ Donation and Transplantation is a valuable opportunity for physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains and other health care professionals to learn about the power of donation and innovative practices to help save more lives.
Compassionate and Effective Consent ConversationsWe are dedicated to advancing our strategic priorities around family support and increasing consent rates. In order to achieve these goals, we produce several Consent Workshops each year, and are committed to being a consistent resourceful presence during donation opportunities at our referring hospitals.
Our Consent Workshops provide an opportunity for our trained Designated Requestors to practice crucial conversations with families. Because less than two percent of all deaths allow for organ donation, these conversations are rare.
The workshops improve Designated Requestors’ comfort, confidence and knowledge about the donation process. Through practicing realistic conversations with professional actors, and learning from peer and donor family feedback, hospital staff members can offer better end-of-life support to our potential donor families.
We are honored to serve organ donors and their families at 108 hospitals in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, and provide tissue donation services to more than 25 hospitals.
WebsiteVisit uwotd.org for:• Consent workshop information• Volunteer information• Donation education toolkit• Donor tributes• Financial contributions
Contact Us(608) 265-0356
197 Tissue Donors
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Doug Miller Symposium
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2.8 Million Registered Donors in Wisconsin
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DaveHeart problems have been a part of Dave Barta’s life since his teenage years. During a pre-season physical for football, the Wrightstown, Wisconsin, man was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that occurs when the heart muscles enlarge and cause the walls of the ventricles to thicken.
Later, he developed heart rhythm problems that persisted despite treatments. “It was really hard,” says his wife, Penny. “But I felt like whatever we did, we were in it together.”
In 2012, Dave traveled to University Hospital in Madison to undergo testing for a heart transplant and received a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) — a mechanical pump that helps the heart distribute blood to the rest of the body.
Dave, now 52, began attending cardiac rehabilitation at Appleton Medical Center to help maximize his heart function. While there, he met Dick DeGroot, now 70, who also had an LVAD and was waiting for a heart transplant at University Hospital. The two began scheduling their exercise sessions at the same time. When they found out they had the same blood type, they joked they were competing for the same heart.
In July 2013, Dave received the call he had been waiting for — a donor heart had become available. However, the heart came from a donor who had engaged in “high-risk” behaviors, and Dave and Penny had previously agreed they would wait for a healthier heart. So they passed, and the heart went to someone else. A month later, another heart became available and Dave underwent transplant surgery. “When I woke up after the surgery, I just felt so much better,” he says.
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DickA heart transplant is rarely a sudden occurrence — most heart recipients have to endure years of living with a damaged heart before they even qualify to be on the waitlist for a new one. Dick DeGroot’s complicated cardiac history included three or four heart attacks; the installation of two or three defibrillators; an attempted cardiac bypass surgery; and the installation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), a mechanical pump that helps the heart distribute blood to the rest of the body. “I told my wife I didn’t think I would get a heart because I was too old,” says Dick, now 70.
Determined to make the most out of life with an LVAD, Dick — who lives in Kaukana, Wisconsin — attended cardiac rehabilitation at Appleton Medical Center, where he befriended Dave Barta. The two men and their wives frequently communicated on how they were doing and swapped ideas about the best ways to incorporate their LVADs into their lives. Then, in July 2013, Dick received the gift of life with a new heart. Later, he and his family discovered it was the same heart that had been offered to Dave. “I figured the doctors wouldn’t go through the trouble of putting it in me if it was a bad heart,” Dick says.
Since receiving his transplant, Dick has become an active participant in his life again. The man who once had to take a break at his mailbox before coming back inside, now wrestles and swims with his grandchildren. “I can do anything I want to do now,” says Dick.
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Darcy Middleton, RN, BSN, is transplant coordinator for both Dave Barta (see January) and Dick DeGroot (left). She has helped the men maintain their connection after their heart transplants.
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MyrnaLiver transplant surgery is not a new concept for Myrna Hirschhaut. When she was 15, her mother, Fida, received the gift of life. Myrna, 49, never suspected she would be called upon to undergo her own extraordinary journey.
When she and her husband, Favel Vaisberg (above left) found out his younger sister, Rebeca Vaisberg de Lustgarten, had cancer and desperately needed a liver transplant from a living donor, Favel was determined to be the donor. So, he and Myrna traveled from their home in Caracas, Venezuela, to University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin — where Rebeca’s family friend, transplant surgeon Luis Fernandez, MD, planned to perform the procedure — to undergo extensive testing. But Favel; Rebeca's husband, Natan; their son, Saul Lustgarten; and their daughter, Monica, all were unable to donate — so Myrna stepped up to the plate.
Both Myrna and Rebeca underwent surgery on September 3, 2015. Dr. Fernandez removed 70 percent of Myrna’s liver and successfully transplanted it in Rebeca’s body. Myrna and Favel stayed in Madison a total of four months. During that time, the two couples bonded over their shared experience. Once Myrna was feeling better, she started cooking for all of them, and she took long walks every day through downtown Madison to regain her strength. “I always have to be doing something,” she says. “I got to know every inch of downtown Madison.”
Recovery took time for Myrna, and she bears the scar to prove it. Still, she can’t imagine making any other decision. “I told my husband, ‘What’s a scar if you save a life?,’” she says.
Read more at uwhealth.org/transplant
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RebecaSome say family is a warm blanket that surrounds us when we are most vulnerable. For Rebeca Vaisberg de Lustgarten, 54, formerly of Caracas, Venezuela, that aphorism was never more evident than when she needed a liver transplant to fight cancer in her bile duct in 2015. Her husband, Natan Lustgarten; her brother, Favel; and her children, Saul and Monica, each clamored for the opportunity to donate part of their liver to her, but her sister-in-law, Myrna Hirschhaut, ultimately gave her the gift of life.
In May 2015, Rebeca first noticed her skin was becoming yellow. Her husband Natan’s brother, Leonardo, a neurosurgeon, brought her to University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, to see a friend, transplant surgeon Luis Fernandez, MD. Dr. Fernandez told Rebeca her best chance at survival was to receive a liver transplant from a living donor. “Because of the way organs are allocated,” explains Dr. Fernandez, “Rebeca would have had to wait about a year for a new liver — time that she did not have to survive.”
Rebeca underwent treatments at University Hospital while specialists in the UW Health Transplant Program tested potential donors. Natan was set to be a donor until he discovered he had a soft tissue sarcoma attached to his kidney and was unable to donate.
Natan and Rebeca rented an apartment in Madison big enough to house all the family members and friends who came to care for them while Rebeca — with the help of Natan and Monica — recovered from her transplant. The two sisters-in-law have become much closer through the transplant process. “There are no words to thank her for what she did,” says Rebeca, who now lives in Aventura, Florida. “She went through so much and put her own life at risk.”
Read more at uwhealth.org/transplant
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Luis Fernandez, MD, transplant surgeon at UW Health, left, is a family friend of Rebeca Vaisberg de Lustgarten. He gave her a second chance at life by facilitating her liver donation from Myrna. Also pictured, from left: Myrna Hirschhaut, Favel Vaisberg, Rebeca and Natan Lustgarten.
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DrewFor more than 20 years, Drew Stapleton, 51, of Onalaska, Wisconsin, lived the life of what some medical professionals call a “brittle diabetic” — no matter how carefully he monitored his blood sugar, he still had extreme difficulty controlling it. As a result, he suffered many complications. By 2007, he was giving himself insulin injections five times a day. His nephrologist told him he needed either a combined pancreas-kidney transplant, or he had to go on dialysis. Drew wanted to avoid dialysis, so he traveled to University Hospital in Madison to undergo testing for transplant.
After one-and-a-half years on the waitlist, Drew, an operations management professor at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, received the gift of life on September 15, 2008. He found out after the surgery that in addition to Type 1 diabetes, he also had Type 2 diabetes. But he felt so much better. “My life completely changed — physically, mentally and spiritually,” he says. “I was much better able to enjoy life and appreciate the things I had.”
As Drew was enjoying his new, healthy life, however, he was watching his brother, John, deteriorate. John, who had Type 2 diabetes, also was experiencing decreased kidney function and had to go on dialysis. But he lived in New Mexico, and there were no transplant centers there that offered pancreas transplants. “I started praying for John and his wife and encouraging them,” says Drew. Finally, John came to Madison for testing, was placed on the waitlist and received his own gift of life on July 13, 2013.
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John and JackJohn Stapleton, 64, first received a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis when he was in his 40s, but he didn’t fully realize the implications of his disease until 2003, when he became insulin-dependent. His nephrologist in his hometown of Santa Fe recommended a kidney transplant, but the wait in New Mexico is long. In 2012, John’s brother Drew, who lives in Wisconsin, convinced him to travel to University Hospital in Madison and undergo testing there, where he had received his own pancreas-kidney transplant. In July 2013, John received the gift of life with a new pancreas and kidney. “Traveling to Wisconsin to get on the list there was the best decision I ever made,” he says.
The Stapleton family’s progression of transplants was not yet over. Drew and John’s brother, Jack Stapleton, 59, also had Type 2 diabetes and was experiencing his own kidney problems at the time of John’s transplant. He lived near John in New Mexico and was put on the waitlist in Albuquerque, but it would be a long wait.
So he traveled to University Hospital and got on the waitlist there. He received his new pancreas and kidney on February 22, 2016. Both of his brothers were there for him and his wife, Diane, every step of the way, before, during and after his stay in Madison.
Now, when they have get-togethers with their families and brother Arnie (who is diabetic but does not have renal disease), they can celebrate their health. “None of the three of us have diabetes anymore, and that is amazing to me,” says Jack. “That’s just a miracle. It certainly has changed my life.”
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From left, John and Jack Stapleton have found a unique family connection with their brother Drew through their pancreas-kidney transplants. Jack holds a picture of their family circa 1975, clockwise from the bottom: Mom Angie, sister Sylvia (who died in 2014), Drew, Jack, John and Arnie in the middle.
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The Adams FamilyEver since the car accident that claimed Cory Adams’ life in 2011, his parents have invested much of their time in keeping his memory alive. Scott and Krista Adams have connected with several of the people who received his organs. For them, it’s not just about meeting the recipients, but also about welcoming them as part of their permanent family. “In our healing journey, it’s been really helpful to know that people are living on because of Cory,” says Krista, Cory’s stepmom.
The Adamses (above from left, Krista, Scott, Katie, Chelsea and Kyle) have met all four of the people who received organs from Cory and had the chance to tell them more about their son — a prankster who loved to skateboard, fish and snowboard and left behind a wife and daughter, who is now 6. They have become particularly close with Debbie Bohman, who received Cory’s lungs. Since first meeting Debbie and her husband, Pat, the two families have made a point of getting together every Christmas and several other times throughout the year.
The Adamses have told their story at UW Organ and Tissue Donation (UW OTD) events and workshops and participated in the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin’s Capital City 5K Run/Walk in Madison nearly every summer since losing Cory. Last summer, they sponsored their own Cory Adams Memorial Run/Walk in their hometown of Poynette, Wisconsin, to coincide with a local festival, and donated some of the proceeds to UW OTD. The Bohmans, of course, were in attendance.
“We’ve seen firsthand how organ donation was such a great gift to Cory’s recipients,” says Krista. “By promoting organ donation, we are keeping his memory alive.”
Read more at uwhealth.org/transplant
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DebbieBy the time Debbie Bohman, of Spencer, Wisconsin, was in her 40s, her family already had experienced two tragedies in her older brother drowned as a child, and her younger brother died at age 34 due to complications from cystic fibrosis (CF). Debbie also suffered from CF, a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections. But she managed to be relatively healthy for many years.
By 2011, however, she required oxygen at night and could not even retrieve her mail without being short of breath. She was put on the waitlist for a new set of lungs in March of that year, and on May 9, she received the call that the organs had become available. She was in the hospital for nine days after her transplant. “The first time I walked, I was amazed that I could take a deep breath,” she says. “After I got all the chest tubes out, I felt like a new woman.”
When Debbie heard from Scott and Krista Adams, parents of her donor, Cory, she was ecstatic. They quickly arranged a meeting at a park between their two cities. “It was very emotional,” says Debbie. “It was just like we were best friends the minute I saw them.” The two families began getting together frequently and introducing each other to their extended families and friends.
The Adamses came to Debbie’s house to celebrate her 50th birthday and one-year transplant anniversary. In 2015, they participated in a 50-mile bicycle ride for CF in honor of Debbie and her brother. “They are the most wonderful people,” says Debbie.
Read more at uwhealth.org/transplant
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Debbie Bohman (left) and her husband, Pat, have become close to the family of Cory Adams (above left). Cory was well-known among his school classmates for being the class clown — and they loved him for it. When he died in 2011, he became an organ donor and saved four people’s lives.
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AspenAspen Johnson’s family has always enjoyed boating and other water activities. But for many years, the 15-year-old couldn’t join them. When Aspen was 6 months old, he was diagnosed with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a rare genetic condition that damages vital organs, including the kidneys. He lost function in both kidneys and and needed dialysis again. When he was 18 months old, he received a kidney transplant, which worked well until he was 3 years old, when he had a relapse of his disease and went on dialysis. He finally received the gift of life with a kidney transplant from a deceased donor at University Hospital in August 2014.
Now, Aspen, who lives in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, is able to participate in all the activities he’s always wanted to do, including sleeping over at friends’ houses, hunting, fishing and boating. “I’m feeling great,” he says. “I’m free.”
He also has made a commitment to giving back, and has lent his voice and story to a local organ donation radio campaign. He worked with UW Organ and Tissue Donation on several organ donation promotion efforts, including helping staff a booth and interacting with children at a farmers’ market in Viroqua. “Organ donation saves lives,” says Aspen. “That’s why I want to volunteer.”
Aspen and his family have had contact with the family of his donor to thank them, and they are grateful for the new opportunities that await him. “He was always fatigued and sick,” says his mom, Katie. “Now he has become much more independent.”
Read more at uwhealth.org/transplant
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CarolCarol Hay’s vocation as an organ donation proponent began just two months after she received a kidney transplant at University Hospital in 2011. She wanted to pay homage to her donor and his family, so she began speaking about donation at driver’s education classes across the state and staffing a booth at donation events. In 2015, she became co-chair of Donate Life Wisconsin’s Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Committee. Together, she and co-chair, Mary Nachreiner, of UW Organ and Tissue Donation (UW OTD) lead a team that created a two-year strategic plan to improve donor registration rates.
Carol now serves as a community outreach coordinator on the UW OTD staff. Her primary goal is to increase the number of people who are registered donors. “A tragic accident is a terrible situation for a family,” she says. “When the victim has made the decision to be an organ donor himself, that is one less decision his family has to make.”
The community outreach team works with DMVs throughout Wisconsin and participates in community events to educate more people about what it means to be an organ, tissue and eye donor. There are more than 170 volunteers who help team members with their mission — staffing booths, talking to community groups and presenting to hospital staff. “Most of our volunteers have a close connection to donation,” says Carol. “It becomes their passion to educate more people about how donation has changed their lives.”
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Dottie Donor Dot (right) Wisconsin’s donation mascot, has become a symbol of the incredible gift of life that Aspen and many others have received. Carol Hay (left), and Aspen (see September) both work to register more organ donors.
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JoyceJoyce Doty of Hammond, Indiana, has dedicated her life to helping others. So when the patient advocate heard fellow church member John Babbitt talking to someone else about how he needed a kidney transplant, she jumped at the opportunity to offer him hers. Initially, he turned her down because she was a single mother of three boys — one of whom still lived at home. Two years later, John’s wife organized a “kidney drive” in a quest for a living donor, and Joyce volunteered her kidney a second time. This time, he gratefully accepted the gift.
When she told her sons about her plans, they were initially hesitant. “One of my adult sons said, ‘Mom, you give away everything. Now you’re giving away body parts?,’” Joyce says with a chuckle. But they eventually got on board and she underwent testing to see if she was a match. Because Joyce has O-positive blood, she is a universal donor, which means she can donate to anyone. Karen Miller, RN, BSN, CCTC, paired kidney exchange coordinator with the UW Health Transplant Program, asked Joyce if she would be willing to participate in an exchange because she was a match for so many people. “I told her I want to save as many lives as possible,” says Joyce.
Though she and John no longer attend the same church, they still keep in close contact. John’s wife, Murrell, calls and checks on Joyce frequently. “I think that’s the ultimate show of love — to give somebody life just as Jesus did,” says Joyce.
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John, Roger, Tami, Joyce, Brigitt and TeresaWhen Brigitt Capps donated one of her kidneys so her father, Roger Ballweg, could receive a much-needed kidney transplant, she was nervous — it was her first-ever surgery. But now, she feels that participating in a three-way paired kidney exchange through the UW Health Transplant Program was an amazing experience. “If I had three kidneys, I would do it again,” says Brigitt.
Brigitt and Roger were two of the six people who participated in the exchange in February 2016. A paired kidney exchange is when a living donor is incompatible with the recipient, and so exchanges kidneys with another donor-recipient pair. In this case, there were three pairs who participated in a “round-robin” kidney exchange: Joyce Doty of Hammond, Indiana, gave her kidney to Tami Hinz of Bonduel, Wisconsin; Tami’s family friend Teresa Vandenbusch of Pulaski, Wisconsin, gave her kidney to Roger, a Madison resident; and Brigitt, who lives in Waunakee, Wisconsin, gave her kidney to John Babbitt of Dyer, Indiana, who knew Joyce through church.
All three recipients are doing well with their new kidneys, and they are grateful they were given a second chance at life. John had been on dialysis for three years before he received his new kidney, yet initially was hesitant to allow Joyce to donate a kidney for him because she is a single parent. “Now I know that this was all in God’s divine plan,” he says. “I’m so grateful for Joyce.”
Tami is glad the paired kidney exchange was an option for her. “Who knows how long I would have waited?” she says. “It gave us so many more options.”
Read more at uwhealth.org/transplant
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O C T2018
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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