• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • Transplant
  • Dialysis
  • Donation
Coventry two-year-old desperately in need of a kidney transplant

Coventry two-year-old desperately in need of a kidney transplant

Townsville renal patients could wait for transplants if unvaccinated

Townsville renal patients could wait for transplants if unvaccinated

Tommie Clark

Tommie Clark

Alberta hospitals performing nearly 2,800 fewer surgeries per month during pandemic: report

Alberta hospitals performing nearly 2,800 fewer surgeries per month during pandemic: report

Wading River parents watch history repeat itself waiting for son’s heart transplant

Wading River parents watch history repeat itself waiting for son’s heart transplant

Woman Gifts Liver, Then Kidney To Her Ailing Son | Bengaluru News

Woman Gifts Liver, Then Kidney To Her Ailing Son | Bengaluru News

‘Santa, can I have a new heart please?’ Call for organ donors to help patients like Daithi

‘Santa, can I have a new heart please?’ Call for organ donors to help patients like Daithi

Caroline husband comes to rescue of wife in need of kidney | Healthy Living

Caroline husband comes to rescue of wife in need of kidney | Healthy Living

Manipal Hospitals, Vijayawada, signs MoU with South Asian Liver Institute, Hyderabad, and launches the first cochlear implant program in Vijayawada| APN News

Manipal Hospitals, Vijayawada, signs MoU with South Asian Liver Institute, Hyderabad, and launches the first cochlear implant program in Vijayawada| APN News

KIDNEY QUICK FACTS. The Risk of Postkidney Transplant Outcomes by Induction

KIDNEY QUICK FACTS. The Risk of Postkidney Transplant Outcomes by Induction

Singapore rolls out first national pancreas transplant service in South-east Asia, Health News & Top Stories

Singapore rolls out first national pancreas transplant service in South-east Asia, Health News & Top Stories

Sitting with Steele Pt. 2 | Atlantic

Sitting with Steele Pt. 2 | Atlantic

Maple Ridge transplant recipient and donor thank staff at hospital – Maple Ridge News

Maple Ridge transplant recipient and donor thank staff at hospital – Maple Ridge News

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Friday, May 13, 2022
Transplant News
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Transplant
    • All
    • Kidney Transplant
    Townsville renal patients could wait for transplants if unvaccinated

    Townsville renal patients could wait for transplants if unvaccinated

    Wading River parents watch history repeat itself waiting for son’s heart transplant

    Wading River parents watch history repeat itself waiting for son’s heart transplant

    Woman Gifts Liver, Then Kidney To Her Ailing Son | Bengaluru News

    Woman Gifts Liver, Then Kidney To Her Ailing Son | Bengaluru News

    Manipal Hospitals, Vijayawada, signs MoU with South Asian Liver Institute, Hyderabad, and launches the first cochlear implant program in Vijayawada| APN News

    Manipal Hospitals, Vijayawada, signs MoU with South Asian Liver Institute, Hyderabad, and launches the first cochlear implant program in Vijayawada| APN News

    Singapore rolls out first national pancreas transplant service in South-east Asia, Health News & Top Stories

    Singapore rolls out first national pancreas transplant service in South-east Asia, Health News & Top Stories

    Family of boy awaiting heart transplant team up with Belfast Giants on Organ Donation Discussion Day | UTV

    Family of boy awaiting heart transplant team up with Belfast Giants on Organ Donation Discussion Day | UTV

    Kidney transplant patient saved after rare complication

    Kidney transplant patient saved after rare complication

    National Champion archer needs kidney transplant

    National Champion archer needs kidney transplant

    I Left My Pod For This: Your Stories of Re-Entering the World in 2021

    I Left My Pod For This: Your Stories of Re-Entering the World in 2021

    Living liver donation has higher probability of success |

    Living liver donation has higher probability of success |

  • Donation
    • All
    • Liver Donation
    • Organ Donation
    Tommie Clark

    Tommie Clark

    ‘Santa, can I have a new heart please?’ Call for organ donors to help patients like Daithi

    ‘Santa, can I have a new heart please?’ Call for organ donors to help patients like Daithi

    Sitting with Steele Pt. 2 | Atlantic

    Sitting with Steele Pt. 2 | Atlantic

    Heart travels 2,500 km from PGI to Chennai to save life : The Tribune India

    Heart travels 2,500 km from PGI to Chennai to save life : The Tribune India

    Join us for a Giant Discussion on Organ Donation

    Join us for a Giant Discussion on Organ Donation

    Living liver donation has higher probability of success | Health/Science

    Living liver donation has higher probability of success | Health/Science

    Monroe baby who donated heart will be honored at Rose Bowl Parade

    Monroe baby who donated heart will be honored at Rose Bowl Parade

    Resilient Teen Receives Stanford Children’s Health 500th Heart Transplant

    Resilient Teen Receives Stanford Children’s Health 500th Heart Transplant

    NC man whose daughter got heart transplant wanted to be organ donor :: WRAL.com

    NC man who received double lung transplant now donating organs to others :: WRAL.com

    Inaugural Donate Life Classic at St. X has special significance for basketball coach

    Inaugural Donate Life Classic at St. X has special significance for basketball coach

  • Dialysis
  • Donor
    • All
    • Kidney Donor
    • Organ Donor
    Alberta hospitals performing nearly 2,800 fewer surgeries per month during pandemic: report

    Alberta hospitals performing nearly 2,800 fewer surgeries per month during pandemic: report

    Caroline husband comes to rescue of wife in need of kidney | Healthy Living

    Caroline husband comes to rescue of wife in need of kidney | Healthy Living

    Maple Ridge transplant recipient and donor thank staff at hospital – Maple Ridge News

    Maple Ridge transplant recipient and donor thank staff at hospital – Maple Ridge News

    ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 18 Episode 7: Jo Catches Feelings for a Coworker (RECAP) | Arts & Entertainment

    ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 18 Episode 7: Jo Catches Feelings for a Coworker (RECAP) | Arts & Entertainment

    New opportunity for COVID vaccinations and ‘Donate Life KY’ Organ Donor Registry

    New opportunity for COVID vaccinations and ‘Donate Life KY’ Organ Donor Registry

    Young boy needs marrow donor

    Young boy needs marrow donor

    ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 18 Episode 7: Jo Catches Feelings for a Coworker (RECAP) | Entertainment

    ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 18 Episode 7: Jo Catches Feelings for a Coworker (RECAP) | Entertainment

    Hoping for the gift of life in this season of giving | Herald Community Newspapers

    Hoping for the gift of life in this season of giving | Herald Community Newspapers

    Kidney transplant is safe, be an organ donor, say doctors

    Kidney transplant is safe, be an organ donor, say doctors

    NC man whose daughter got heart transplant wanted to be organ donor :: WRAL.com

    NC man whose daughter got heart transplant wanted to be organ donor :: WRAL.com

  • Editor’s Pick
  • Videos
    KIDNEY QUICK FACTS. The Risk of Postkidney Transplant Outcomes by Induction

    KIDNEY QUICK FACTS. The Risk of Postkidney Transplant Outcomes by Induction

    Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal Dialysis| Dr. Varun Verma | Max Expert​

    Hemodialysis vs Peritoneal Dialysis| Dr. Varun Verma | Max Expert​

    CA ACC Weekly Bootcamp 6-30-2021: Cath Basics with Dr. Vaidya

    CA ACC Weekly Bootcamp 6-30-2021: Cath Basics with Dr. Vaidya

    Adult Dialysis & Transplant Patients: Current Trends & Opportunities

    Adult Dialysis & Transplant Patients: Current Trends & Opportunities

    Kidney disease problems: Do You Feel Like An Outcast With Kidney Disease?

    Kidney disease problems: Do You Feel Like An Outcast With Kidney Disease?

    David Rush's Journey Home for Dialysis with Tablo

    David Rush's Journey Home for Dialysis with Tablo

    NURSES: WHAT TO EXPECT WITH INPATIENT DIALYSIS PATIENTS – Your questions answered

    NURSES: WHAT TO EXPECT WITH INPATIENT DIALYSIS PATIENTS – Your questions answered

    Models of kidney exchange and chains

    Models of kidney exchange and chains

    A day in life as an acute dialysis nurse, a full day at work as an acute dialysis nurse

    A day in life as an acute dialysis nurse, a full day at work as an acute dialysis nurse

Transplant News
Home Transplant Kidney Transplant

Coventry two-year-old desperately in need of a kidney transplant

in Kidney Transplant
Coventry two-year-old desperately in need of a kidney transplant
492
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By creator to www.coventrytelegraph.net

A two-year-old boy is in determined want of a kidney transplant.

Harvey Kang, from Coventry, was identified at delivery with a kidney situation, Posterior Urethal Valves and stage 5 continual kidney illness, which has resulted in kidney failure.

Because of his situation, Harvey is tube-fed as he can’t eat strong meals and is about to start out dialysis quickly.

Learn extra of the NHS LATEST information right here.

Harvey’s Asian heritage means it is proving troublesome to discover a donor as they may possible have to come back from the identical background.

Because of the low variety of Asian individuals donating, Harvey’s anticipate a transplant may very well be longer as his mum, Karen, was a match however can’t donate as a result of a continual well being situation.

She stated: “It’s heart-breaking that I can’t donate to Harvey, as a mum you’ll do something on your little one, so it was actually onerous to seek out out that my very own well being meant it wouldn’t be potential.”

The toddler has spent half of his life out and in of hospital however Karen is set to verify he nonetheless has a standard childhood.



Harvey has spent half of his life in and out of hospital but his mum is determined to give him a normal childhood
Harvey has spent half of his life out and in of hospital however his mum is set to present him a standard childhood
(Picture: Karen Kang)

Karen, 32, takes care of him full time and needs to lift consciousness of the significance of organ donation amongst Asian communities.

She stated: “We hope that by sharing our story, it can make extra individuals suppose and speak about organ donation, and maybe make the distinction between an individual or household saying ‘sure’ slightly than ‘no’ in the event that they discover themselves in that scenario.

“We’ve been informed we may very well be ready two years however retaining all the pieces crossed will probably be sooner.

READ MORE: Coventry and Warwickshire hospital trust among best performing for breast cancer waiting times

“Regardless of all the pieces, Harvey is a cheerful, smiley, little boy. He doesn’t look as unwell as he’s. He’ll giggle at something and he will get throughout what he’s making an attempt to say. He tries to do as a lot as he can and will get pissed off, he desires to do extra.

“He has been by way of a lot, he has spent a lot time in hospital – his first Christmas, New Yr, first birthday had been all in hospital.”

Harvey is at present considered one of 200 kids within the UK who want a transplant and after the previous 12 months, ready lists for organs together with kidney, coronary heart, liver, lungs are anticipated to rise.

This week is ‘organ donation week’ and the NHS Blood and Transplant is asking for extra households to speak and share their organ donation resolution to extend the possibilities of the various kids, younger individuals and adults in want.

Karen added: “With coronavirus, he has hardly been wherever, we’ve been shielding however I try to give him a standard life. Not too long ago he has been probably the most steady he has ever been which has been nice to see.



Karen was a match but cannot donate due to a chronic health condition
Karen was a match however can’t donate as a result of a continual well being situation
(Picture: Karen Kang)

“I’ve thought I used to be going to lose him so I don’t need to waste a single day. I might cry on a regular basis however I need to profit from it and make him a cheerful little boy.

“A transplant can be an entire new life for him. I can’t anticipate him to have the ability to eat and I’m wanting ahead to watching him develop and develop. He will get so drained so he’d have a lot extra power. I simply need him to be a robust wholesome boy who can get out on the earth.

“My dream is to take him to the park, I need to see him run round within the park and go on the slide and go down himself. A transplant would allow him to have the life a toddler needs to be having.”

Discover out extra and register your resolution by visiting the NHS Organ Donor Register.

Sustain with the newest information with our e-mail alerts on to your inbox. Sign up here.

Learn Extra
Associated Articles
Learn Extra
Associated Articles

-- to www.coventrytelegraph.net

Share197Tweet123Share49
Previous Post

Organ Donation Week: ‘We are honoured and heartened by how much Oisín still means to people’

Next Post

Hospital Staff Line ICU Hallway To Honor Dying Patient Donating Organs

Next Post
Hospital Staff Line ICU Hallway To Honor Dying Patient Donating Organs

Hospital Staff Line ICU Hallway To Honor Dying Patient Donating Organs

Editor's Pick

San Francisco police officer donates kidney to save a stranger
Editor's Pick

San Francisco police officer donates kidney to save a stranger

(CNN)San Francisco Police Officer Anna Cuthbertson hadn't considered organ donation until she listened to a podcast about a woman who...

Oahu woman gives priceless Thanksgiving gift

Oahu woman gives priceless Thanksgiving gift

Kidney donor surprises Long Island recipient with visit

Kidney donor surprises Long Island recipient with visit

Tom Brady Continues to do His Part in Saving Lives

Tom Brady Continues to do His Part in Saving Lives

Tom Brady Helps Lexington Mom Get New Kidney

Tom Brady Helps Lexington Mom Get New Kidney

Local family searching for a kidney donor

Local family searching for a kidney donor

People Turn Online To Find Organ Matches

People Turn Online To Find Organ Matches

Woman Who Underwent Historic Double Transplant Surgery To Get New Kidney

Woman Who Underwent Historic Double Transplant Surgery To Get New Kidney

Tom Brady honors mentor with donation to local organ transplant organization

Tom Brady honors mentor with donation to local organ transplant organization

New England Patriots Tom Brady Helps To Save The Life Of A Woman Needing A Lifesaving Kidney Transplant

New England Patriots Tom Brady Helps To Save The Life Of A Woman Needing A Lifesaving Kidney Transplant

More in need of organ transplants seek their own donors

More in need of organ transplants seek their own donors

Patriots’ Tom Brady on Mission to Help Mentor

Transplant News

Copyright © 2020 All rights reserved.

Navigate Site

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Transplant
    • Kidney Transplant
  • Donation
    • Kidney Donation
    • Liver Donation
    • Organ Donation
  • Dialysis
  • Donor
    • Kidney Donor
    • Organ Donor
  • Videos
  • Editor’s Pick

Copyright © 2020 All rights reserved.