Results tagged “organdonation”

Today, there's a bittersweet addendum to the tragic story of Chicago boxer Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez who died late Sunday night after suffering fatal brain injuries during a boxing match last week. According to a statement on the boxer's website [via the Tribune], some of Rodriguez's organs have been donated, including a kidney that was given to his uncle; organs were reportedly donated to seven other recipients as well.

Dayton's Darryl Radford recently answered what he said was God's call to walk from his Ohio town to Chicago and back, all to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. Long walk! But consider the awareness raised: Don't forget to "Donate life" with Illinois's organ-donation registry, and now's as good a time as any to donate blood. [Dayton Daily News]

Four people got new kidneys today from living-donor transplants at Northwestern in what doctors there call a "domino exchange," in which donors "agreed to give a kidney to a stranger in exchange for a compatible kidney from an unrelated donor for their sick relative." Like a big old organ web of sharing and caring. Living-donor kidneys are the best kinds of kidneys to get, and donors lead totally normal lives afterwards.