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21 Jun

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Clever Video Illustrates Recent Kidney Chain of 28

The National Kidney Registry recently announced the completion of a kidney chain involving 28 living donors and 28 transplant recipients. It is the second-largest kidney chain in history, second only to a 30-kidney chain in 2011. What makes the chain of 28 significant, is it took only about six weeks to complete, compared to several months for the chain of 30.

Kidney chains need an altruistic kidney donor, someone who wants to donate a kidney but doesn’t have a particular recipient in mind, to get them started. Living Donation California is a service dedicated to educating people about living kidney donation and connecting them with a transplant center in their area if they want to pursue being an altruistic living kidney donor.

Once a person is cleared by medical professionals to be a living kidney donor, their information can be entered into the National Kidney Registry (NKR), which uses computer software to connect the altruistic donor to a series of mismatched pairs to start a kidney chain. The chain of 28 began with a man in Tennessee, Shelby County Commissioner Steve Mulroy.

David Goldman is one of the recipients in the recent chain of 28. He created the video below called “David Got a Kidney” to share his experience and thank his donor, NKR and the medical staff at University of Wisconsin Hospital where he received his transplant.

For more on living kidney donation and how to become a donor in California, go to www.LivingDonationCalifornia.org.

For more on the National Kidney Registry, visit www.kidneyregistry.org.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMEd0q61CDE

High concentration of Azithromycin in infected tissues is also caused by the fact that phagocytes and macrophages transport it to the site of infection and release in the area of inflammation. Azithromycin is prescribed in case of illness or injury at the time.

18 Jun

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2014 Donate Life Rose Parade Float Design Unveiled

RP2014_DonateLife_LightUpTheWorldLOS ANGELES, Calif., June 17, 2013 – The Donate Life Rose Parade Float Committee unveiled the design and theme for the 2014 Donate Life Rose Parade float on Monday. It features “a festival of lanterns illuminating 30 riders—all organ and tissue transplant recipients—and 12 living organ donors walking alongside to demonstrate their ongoing vitality. The float’s five enormous lanterns are adorned with 72 memorial floragraph portraits of deceased donors whose legacies of life shine brightly. The riders are seated throughout a dedication garden filled with thousands of roses bearing personal messages of love, hope and remembrance.”

To read the full news release, click here. Float riders will be announced on September 23, 2013. Float walkers will be announced on September 30, 2013.

 

High concentration of Azithromycin in infected tissues is also caused by the fact that phagocytes and macrophages transport it to the site of infection and release in the area of inflammation. Azithromycin is prescribed in case of illness or injury at the time.

10 Jun

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Donate Life California & Living Donation California Featured on Weekly Television Show

KUSI.com – KUSI News – San Diego CA – News, Weather, PPR

SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 10, 2013 – Donate Life California and Living Donation California were featured on San Diego People, a half-hour television show on KUSI 9/51 on Sunday, June 9. Heart transplant recipient Justin Feria and altruistic living kidney donor Lorena Rodriguez shared their stories to highlight the importance of organ donation.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

Since his heart transplant, Justin Feria has completed the Triple Crown of Half Marathons in San Diego – the La Jolla Half, the Carlsbad Half and America’s Finest City Half. He’s also gone skydiving and is now training for an Iron Man triathlon coming up in the fall.

Since her surgery, altruistic living kidney donor Lorena Rodriguez of Chula Vista and her recipient Monique McCray of San Diego have become good friends and travel buddies. Lorena and Monique did not know each other before their surgeries. Lorena, who works as a medical assistant for kidney specialists, donated because she wanted to free someone from dialysis.

KUSI anchor Ross Becker also interviewed Donate Life California President Lisa Stocks and UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital transplant surgeon Dr. Kristin Mekeel to raise awareness for, and dispel the myths about, organ, eye and tissue donation and how to sign up on California’s donor registry by either checking “Yes” at the DMV or going to www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org. They also talked about Living Donation California, a new program to encourage more Californians to be living kidney donors. For more information go to www.LivingDonationCalifornia.org.

If the player above isn’t working, you can watch it online here.

High concentration of Azithromycin in infected tissues is also caused by the fact that phagocytes and macrophages transport it to the site of infection and release in the area of inflammation. Azithromycin is prescribed in case of illness or injury at the time.