kidney transplant
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Stevie Wonder Announces Plans for Kidney Transplant Surgery
The iconic singer/songwriter who is unquestionably the greatest love poet in American history (don’t debate this) surprised British concertgoers by announcing that he will take a break from performing to undergo a kidney transplant this fall. Sixty-nine-year-old Stevland Hardaway Morris, known worldwide as musician Stevie Wonder, made the announcement in London’s Hyde Park after performing…
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Tina Turner: My Husband Saved My Life
In her upcoming autobiography, Tina Turner revealed that her husband gave her one of his kidneys for her kidney transplant. Turner, 78, says that she has suffered from kidney disease, and that her kidneys were at “20 percent and plunging rapidly” by 2016, according to excerpts of “Tina Turner: My Love Story” released Saturday by…
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Donor Found for Georgia 2-Year-Old Denied Kidney Transplant Because of Father’s Probation; Tyler Perry Gifts Child’s Mom a Car
About a month ago, things were not looking very good for one Georgia family. Little A.J. Burgess needed a lifesaving kidney transplant, which he was denied all because his father—a more than perfect match—violated his probation terms, and the health of the 25-pound 2-year-old who was born without working kidneys was rapidly declining. Fast-forward and…
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Ga. 2-Year-Old Denied Lifesaving Kidney Transplant Because Father, Who Is Perfect Match, Violated Probation
At Atlanta 2-year-old is in desperate need of a lifesaving kidney transplant. As luck would have it, his father is more than a perfect match, but surgeons at Emory Hospital are refusing to do the surgery—at least for now—until his father can prove he can stay out of trouble for a few months. However, little…