PHL 223 Lecture 26Outline of Current Lecture Current LecturePotential donor #6-Altruist- Backed out after 6 weeks**Drindee got her transplant on 8/20/02 from a 9 year old boy that died in a car crash. - Car crash donors usually make for good donors because their organs are normally healthy. - Successful surgery, difficult recovery. Emory Hospital:- They sent letters and called Rachels telling him to pay his hospital bills- Drindees insurance paid for all of the bills- She wrote about her scars “perfect Mercedes benz logo”- 2004- they told her her disease was back.o 1/3 of the time this happens- 2005-they took it back- 2006- no more overnight hospital stays- 2009- needed another transplanto Went into septic shock sometimes- Emory no longer does adult to adult liver transplantso Why? Because 4 healthy donors died. However, 400,000 people lived. o Risks are too high, lawsuits, government shutting down- January 2010, she got her second liver transplant, which was much easier than the first one. - August 2010, Drindee met the parents of her first donor. Never met the second. - Success storyThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Organ Transplants:- Every day, 21 people die waiting.- UNOS- United Network of Organ Sharing- Created Nationwide standards for recipient priority.o Sickest first- He question this because the sickest may be more likely to die during the operation- To get a transplant, you must live near a transplant centero There are 250 Centers in the USo Multiple listing: getting on the list at more than one center Unfair Outlawed in
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