So, I'm sorry I missed you all on our last class...I hope it was fun. I had a mandatory meeting for work, and it ran much later than I had anticipated. Anyhow...I decided to complete the projects for the final, simply because of my stress level. Knowing that I don't have to study and agonize over whether I know enough, I'm going to sacrifice the time, for the peace of mind.
So the urinary system immediately brought me to kidney transplants, due to some personal experience. he first documented kidney transplant in the United States was performed in 1950, on a 44-year-old woman with poly-cystic kidney disease. Even without immunosuppressive therapy, Tucker lived another 5 years before dying of an unrelated illness.
I have a family friend who donated her kidney to her late husband, who eventually passed away due to complications of Diabetes. I spent a great deal of time with her while she was preparing for the operation, and there were a lot of requirements for her to be able to undergo the risk of it. She had to go to the doctor's weekly, to be evaluated. She lost weight, changed her diet completely, and was on a slew of medications to prepare her body for the surgery. In the end it was all successful and Ken lived an extra 10 years. It is a truly remarkable sacrifice to give your organ to another, especially when it doesn't buy you forever...
Have a good one...
Aimee
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