Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Transplant
Guest post by Sara Geatrakas, RN
As a post-kidney/pancreas-transplant coordinator I have been charged with helping patients thrive after transplant surgery. Healthcare providers can provide all the best medical advice, make all the proper medication adjustments and order all the newest and fanciest tests, but staying strong and healthy after a kidney transplant requires a dedicated and hard-working team, which doesn’t stop at Mount Sinai’s Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute (RMTI). Patients and their families are the most important, vibrant and vital part of this process. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Transplant
Guest post by Cathy Bavaro, living kidney donor.
It was just about a year ago now when I heard my brother Joey say the words, “My doctor is putting me on the Kidney Transplant List.” It was on of the scariest things I had ever heard. What was even scarier to me was the possibility that I may not be a match to give my brother a kidney. All I knew in my heart was if I was lucky enough to be a match, I would be giving my brother my kidney so that this nightmare could be over. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Your Health
Dear Organ Donor Families:
In honor of National Donate Life Month, I would like to dedicate this blog post to you and your families.
On behalf of our family and other recipient families like ours, I wanted to just say thank you to you and your very special family. We know that having to make the decision to donate was not an easy one and we are deeply sorry for the loss of your loved one. We know that our words of gratitude will never be able to convey to you the impact your donation has made in our son’s life and other recipient families like ours. However, we still wanted to let you know how much of an impact your decision to donate has made upon our lives.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Transplant
Guest post by Sharyn Kreitzer, MSW, Director of Outreach for the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute and Greta Deerson, LMSW, Kidney Transplant Social Worker.
Organ donation recipients are encouraged, through their transplant centers, to contact donor families (even though they do so anonymously) to say thank you. The Donor Family Services team from LiveOnNY acts as an intermediary to determine when both the donor and the recipient are ready to reveal identifying information and they often assist in coordinating a meeting when both donor and recipient are ready. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Patient Story, Pediatric Care, Pediatrics, Transplant
Guest post by Kelly Smith, donate life advocate and Cloudy Day Gray blogger.
Before Matilda was born, I didn’t know anything about pediatric organ donation. I had never really considered the fact that children even experienced organ failure. And, I certainly had never considered the fact that the organ donors may need to be children themselves. These aren’t the things that parents want to think about. (more…)
As a post-kidney/pancreas-transplant coordinator I have been charged with helping patients thrive after transplant surgery. Healthcare providers can provide all the best medical advice, make all the proper medication adjustments and order all the newest and fanciest tests, but staying strong and healthy after a kidney transplant requires a dedicated and hard-working team, which doesn’t stop at Mount Sinai’s Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute (RMTI). Patients and their families are the most important, vibrant and vital part of this process. (more…)
