Pig Kidney Transplant with Tim
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Pig Kidney Transplant with Tim
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About this listen
My friend Tim, is an extraordinary person who advocated for himself to get a kidney transplant - from a pig. With the help from his wife Karen, he prepared himself for the transplant, recovered, and is now living a better quality life. Although it is only a gap until he can receive a human kidney, it has helped give him and others on dialysis hope.
Key Takeaways:
[1:15] Tim’s kidney failure rapidly progressed
[4:18] Tim put himself in the program to get a pig’s kidney
[8:02] He wanted to quit dialysis, his recovery process, and what’s changed
[13:26] The anti-rejection meds have their ups and downs
[15:55] This transplant is just a bridge to a human kidney transplant
[17:26] Karen, Tim’s wife’s, experience going through this
[19:33] Having no social life and people not wanting to talk about death
[21:17] Watching friends die, but finding hope and more time to live
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