A Kidney for D Scott

My good friend  & neighbor put me in contact with Andy, a donor who had some great perspective... 1.         To whom did you donate, and what was your prior relationship? I worked with Jeffrey at a financial firm. When I changed firms, I kept in touch to try to recruit him along. We are also both Cubs fans and talked about that a lot. 2.         What motivated you to donate?  When we worked together, one day the whole Chicago office got an email about a guy named Doug who was taking a few days off to donate. I remember saying to myself "Some day if someone needed me to donate, would I do that? Yes." To me it was sort of like asking myself that question we all ask: "If I saw someone drowning, would I jump in and help?" So, when the time came, I remembered that internal conversation. Initially I had planned to donate to a woman named Marni (who also needed a pancreas) and she took a cadaver donation (needing more than just a kidney). I contacted Jeffrey, w

Current Status... Instead of an educational sound bite, today I'll share an update as to where things stand. First: How is Scott doing? Last week Scott shared with leadership where he teaches that he will not return after the holiday break.  He simply doesn't have the energy.  Hopefully this will give him the chance to rest and take care of himself to feel better overall instead of pushing himself so hard every day. Second: Do we have any potential donors? Yes and no.  There are several wonderful people at different stages of assessment.  These include 1) friends from the neighborhood; 2) friends from childhood; 3) friends from church; 4) friends from his work; 5) friends from my work. We aren't done yet. We've also had willing donors rejected for history of cancer (you must be 5 years cancer-free), age (you must be under 70 regardless of physical condition), and a couple of other health-history related items. According to the transplant coordinator, we need

Why choose Ohio State for kidney transplant? Expertise:  Ohio State performs more than 200 kidney transplants a year, making it one of the top 10% busiest programs in the country. Since its first kidney transplant in 1967, OSU has performed more than 6,900 kidney transplant surgeries. In September 2011, OSU completed a six-way, single-institution transplant, the first and largest to date in Ohio, and one of only a handful in the US.  Experience:  The Comprehensive Transplant Center has one of the largest organ transplant programs in the nation. It performs more than 475 kidney, liver, pancreas, combined kidney-pancreas, heart and lung transplants each year. Since the program started in 1967, more than 10,000 life-saving transplants have been performed. Kidney transplant research: OSU  participates in clinical trials of new immunosuppressive drugs and antirejection therapies.