As a Cleveland Clinic liver transplant coordinator, Amy McFarlin witnessed the power of donation and transplantation every day. She helped to guide transplant recipients through their routine to keep their new organ functioning as long as possible.
So it was more than ironic that after bloodwork, Amy received a call from her Physician Assistant telling her to go immediately to the ER. Amy was in kidney failure.
When Lifebanc staff are in public and the topic of where you work or organ donation comes up, a long involved conversation usually ensues....
We share many stories about organ donor families and transplant recipients, but it isn’t very often that we talk about someone whose loved one...
The majority of individuals on the national organ waitlist require a kidney transplant. The average wait time here in northeast Ohio is three to...