Local kidney recipient shares 27 year transplant journey
Barbi Lee has suffered from chronic kidney disease her whole life until she finally got a kidney 27 years ago.
Barbi Lee has suffered from chronic kidney disease her whole life until she finally got a kidney 27 years ago.
A Gadsden woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant that freed her from dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs.
It may just be a walk for others, but Denise now sees it as the biggest step forward in her recovery and journey.
Over 1,000 Alabama residents are currently waiting for a kidney transplant.
For a little over a year, Verna Johnson has been on the waiting list for a kidney and doing home dialysis 7 days a week for 8 hours. But all of that is about to change. Billboards across Montgomery and Birmingham that once read “Verna Needs a Kidney” have changed to “Verna Got a Kidney.” “This time I’m overwhelmed with…