Download or read book The Transplant Journey written by Ava Kaufman and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of transplant is about restoring life. I mean how truly amazing is modern medicine and science! They can now take organs from a person who is brain dead (yes, a person must be brain dead to be able to donate their organs; heart still beating, but no brain activity) and medication taken twice or more daily can keep that organ functioning and give new life to a person who, half a century ago, would be dead. And not just new life, but for many a life they had never dreamed of living.

Download or read book Stories of the Heart written by Nancy Siemers and published by Kirk House Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Choice My Destiny written by Mina Gonzales and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kidney failure, dialysis, and transplantation are three words that most people hope never to hear in their lifetimes. Mina Gonzales wasnt so lucky. In her memoir, she shares the story of her experiences, a story about choices, destiny, and the ultimate sacrifice that gives life. She knows the pitfalls and setbacks one faces when dealing with the realities of dialysis, organ donation, and kidney transplantation. She recalls those here, along with her journey of personal discovery, family strength, and community involvement. She faced trials and tribulations during dialysis but ultimately emerged victorious, having survived a kidney transplant for more than fifteen years. Her story could be anyones story. Along with her experiences, she focuses on facing the truth about life and recognizing the gift that it is. For anyone facing kidney failure, Gonzales provides the information that you need to know. She addresses not only broad questions of life through the lens of her personal experiences, but also specific questions relating to living with kidney failure: What is dialysis? What types are there? How long is a session? My Choice My Destiny: My Kidney Transplant Journey is intended to be used as a daily spiritual guide to help get through the long hours of dialysis. It is an honest expression of hope that you too will find your donor angel and live a long and healthy life.

Download or read book Take a Breath written by Karen A Kelly and published by Richter Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this true story, Dr. Karen A. Kelly shares her husband's journey through a life-saving lung transplant. Learning about his battle can help any patient or caregiver understand the extensive responsibilities required for a successful organ transplant. As a pediatrician, Dr. Kelly found herself in a different role as caretaker not provider.

Download or read book A Caregiver s Story written by Ann Brandt and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One caregiver's chronicles of the journey she took with her husband, as they battled his brain tumor. Beautifully written."-Naomi Berkowitz, Executive Director, American Brain Tumor Association Just one year after battling a little-known illness called Guillain Barre, Ann Brandt faced another challenge when her husband was diagnosed with a rare, debilitating, and aggressive form of brain cancer. Lacking in resources or formal instruction, Brandt relied heavily on her faith and memories of how her husband cared for her during her illness to navigate them both through the difficult times ahead. In A Caregiver's Story, Brandt approaches the complexities of caregiving in a personal and empowering way that offers sound spiritual as well as practical advice to make caregiving more manageable. She includes invaluable, up-to-date information about: Working with doctors and getting a second opinion Choosing a treatment plan Maintaining your life and sanity while offering good care Finding support groups and conferences Dealing with emotional and financial issues Making a connection between prayer and healing Brandt offers a loving, encouraging environment to help steer you through difficult times and delivers much-needed support and comfort. For caregivers, family members, and friends alike, A Caregiver's Story provides the support you deserve.

Download or read book Transplant Journey written by National Marrow Donor Program (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book This Is My Story Organ Transplant What an Amazing Journey written by Kimberly Hoyt and published by Kimberly Hoyt. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is My Story: Organ Transplant: What an Amazing Journey, is an interactive journal that allows you keep track of one of the most important life events you will experience—organ transplant, as an organ donor or organ recipient. It's so important to keep these moments documented so you can share them with family, friends, and teach others about your personal journey. This journal allows you to tell your own story, your personal journey through the transplant/donation process. The journal can be started at any point in your transplant/donation process, there are multiple sections including your personal information, contacts, specialists, medications, office visits, Know Your Numbers reference section, notes sections to document feelings, and thoughts. It includes a section for business cards, transplant pictures, pages of inspiration from the author, and education pieces related to organ transplant. As part of the easy-to-use format, each month consists of a two-page spread, making it more convenient for writing detailed information for each date, allowing you to record important dates, memories, and milestones. Your records will be organized and accurate. This interactive journal contains many references, resources, and contact information for any of your potential transplant and donor concerns that may arise. This book makes a great gift for the person in your life who is about take this transplant or organ donation journey. You are not alone, you are strong. Transplant recipients and donors are some of the strongest people I have ever met. This is a journey you will want to remember.

Download or read book Transplanting Care written by Laura L. Heinemann and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sudden call, the race to the hospital, the high-stakes operation—the drama of transplant surgery is well known. But what happens before and after the surgery? In Transplanting Care, Laura L. Heinemann examines the daily lives of midwestern organ transplant patients and those who care for them, from pretransplant preparations through to the long posttransplant recovery. Heinemann points out that as efforts to control healthcare costs gain urgency—and as new surgical techniques, drug therapies, and home medical equipment advance—most of the transplant process now takes place at home, among kin. Indeed, the transplant system effectively depends on unpaid care labor, typically provided by spouses, parents, siblings, and others. Drawing on scores of interviews with patients, relatives, and healthcare professionals, Heinemann follows a variety of patients and loved ones as they undertake this uncertain and strenuous “transplant journey.” She also shows how these home-based caregiving efforts take place within the larger economic and political context of a paucity of resources for patients and caregivers, who ultimately must surmount numerous obstacles. The author concludes that the many snags encountered by transplant patients and loved ones make a clear case for more comprehensive health and social policy that treats care as a necessarily shared public responsibility. An illuminating look at the long transplant journey, Transplanting Care also offers broader insight into how we handle infirmity in America—and how we might do a better job of doing so.

Download or read book Navigating Your Transplant Journey From Referral to Living Life Again written by Beth Campbell Duke and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-09 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Duke is a double lung transplant recipient and Beth Campbell Duke, his wife, is his 'designated caregiver'. Tony received his transplant on May 4, 2016.Over the course of their own journey - both before and after transplant - Beth and Tony coped with a significant number of events faced by all organ transplant patients and family members: figuring out how to navigate our healthcare systems and facing the financial and mental health challenges that still too often go unseen and so unacknowledged.They've been working to develop TransplantRogues.com into a website where patients and families can find information to help them make sense of the enormous whirlwind they find themselves in.This book/workbook has evolved as they sorted out their own challenges, and watched other patients and families struggle with the massive learning curve that is an organ transplant.The information in 'Navigating Your Transplant Journey' is broken down into phases of the transplant journey.We hope that this book can become your go-to resource during your journey - and that the patient binder we help you create can keep you organized. It will contain contact information, medical information, legal documents and other things you collect along the way - all in one spot.As you use this workbook and develop your patient and caregiver binder, you'll become better connected to your support systems and have a way to get your medical information and plans in place.

Download or read book I Think I Need a New Heart The Journey from Heart Failure to Transplant written by Manu Kalia and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frank and honest account of one patient's journey: from end-stage congestive heart failure, to artificial heart-assist-pump implantation, and eventually, to heart transplantation, recovery, and health. This memoir shares a first-hand perspective of the fears, challenges, and joys of facing a life-threatening illness, and being given the gift of a second chance at life. For all those who face organ failure and transplantation, for their loved ones, for those who work in the transplant healthcare arena, and for organ donors and their families.

Download or read book Our Liver Transplant Journey written by Kathy Hamilton and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the life-changing results of "Our Liver Transplant Journey" - a gripping and enlightening memoir chronicling one couple's extraordinary experience with liver disease and the transformative journey through a liver transplant. Gain invaluable insights, practical tips, and heartfelt advice for navigating the emotional rollercoaster of a liver transplant, and find hope and inspiration through the power of love and support. Benefits: - Gain invaluable insights and practical tips for navigating a liver transplant journey - Find hope and inspiration through the power of love and support Emotional bullet points: - Overcome the emotional turmoil and resilience of a liver disease diagnosis - Experience the transformative moment of receiving a life-saving transplant - Discover the crucial role of family, friends, and medical professionals in the transplant process - Find practical guidance for navigating the healthcare system, transplant preparation, and post-transplant care - Learn the importance of resilience and enduring bonds of love and friendship What's included: - Heartfelt and candid personal account of a husband's battle with liver disease - Emotional rollercoaster of receiving a liver disease diagnosis and waiting for a donor - Practical tips and advice for navigating the transplant process - Insights into the complexities of the healthcare system and post-transplant care - Touching memoir emphasizing the power of love and support Don't miss out on this touching and practical guide - buy "Our Liver Transplant Journey" now before the price changes.

Download or read book Gift of Life written by Zazabor Guru and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Description: In "Gift of Life: Transforming Destinies through Organ Transplants," you'll travel on a remarkable journey of hope, bravery, and the astonishing power of human generosity. The amazing tales of people whose lives have been profoundly altered by the gift of a second chance--the gift of life itself--are revealed in this captivating book. You'll find a tapestry of stories that reinforce the profound worth of life by inspiring, challenging, and concluding. This wonderful book is a celebration of interpersonal relationships, an ode to the unbreakable human spirit, and a testimonial to the amazing ability of organ transplantation to give people and families new leases on life. You will read about the adventures of unsung heroes--both donors and recipients--in the pages of this stirring book. Their experiences serve as a living example of the strong ties that bind the world community together. The universal need to live, to heal, and to show compassion to one another is revealed by these stories, which cut beyond cultural, regional, and societal borders. You'll meet inspiring people on these pages who, despite all odds, overcame the verge of hopelessness to find new purpose and energy via organ transplantation. The fundamental human desire for a chance to live brings these tales of resiliency and triumph--of regular individuals thrown into extraordinary situations--together. Explore the touching tales of organ donors who, in their final moments, decided to leave a legacy of kindness and life. Find out about the brave receivers who received the priceless gift of time thanks to the incredible kindness of strangers. Experience the intense feelings that come with the transplant journey, including the dread of waiting, the joy of receiving a call that saves your life, and the subsequent healing. The documentary "Gift of Life" takes you inside the scientific breakthroughs that make transplantation feasible. Investigate the complex procedures involved in organ donation, the tireless efforts of healthcare experts, and the cutting-edge technology that is advancing this sector. Discover the moral conundrums and agonizing choices that families and medical teams must make. The unbreakable relationships formed between donors, beneficiaries, and their loved ones are what "Gift of Life" is most notable for. It's a celebration of the amazing empathy, selflessness, and transformation that may take place when one life is transplanted into another. You'll be reminded that there is hope even in the face of difficulty as you turn the pages of this motivational book. "Gift of Life" serves as a sad reminder that people can reinvent their destinies and transcend the limitations of mortality via the altruism of organ donation. In the end, "Gift of Life" is a sincere celebration of the capacity of humanity for generosity and change. It serves as a reminder that every donor is a ray of hope and that every recipient is proof of the remarkable resiliency of the human body and spirit. They shed light on the way to a time when the gift of life is treasured, honored, and distributed with steadfast compassion. Get ready to be affected, informed, and inspired as you travel on this incredible adventure with "Gift of Life: Transforming Destinies through Organ Transplants." This book is a celebration of the human spirit's tenacity and a monument to the incredible capacity for change that lives within every one of us.

Download or read book Journey of a Liver Transplant Recipient written by Christine Jowett and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a reality that someone in Canada dies every three days waiting for an organ transplant; for some patients, they are lying in their hospital beds, waiting to be given a second chance at life. Some are fortunate to receive that organ or gift of life, yet for many, they don't survive because the organ they require is either not available or doesn't get there in time. Christine Jowett was only thirteen years old when she became jaundiced, fatigued, and endured bouts of right abdominal pain. Having lived with autoimmune hepatitis for twenty-six years, Christine's disease finally took its toll on her and she ended up in St. Mary's Hospital, where she works as a cardiology nurse. In order to save her life, she was then sent to Toronto General Hospital to wait for a liver transplant, yet, her situation continued to deteriorate as her kidneys were shutting down. Now at forty-one years old, a mother and a wife, it still remains a mystery as to why Christine developed chronic autoimmune hepatitis, a disease that for so long through her life she was able to manage with few medications. Life Goes On is a moving story of her life, which tells of her sickness, facing up to the possibility of losing her family, and the struggle to regain the normality of life after her operation. After the tragic death of an anonymous hero, Christine is given the ultimate gift of life, a healthy organ, on one very special day.

Download or read book Our Transplant Journey written by Ron Moore and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Transplant Journey: A Caregiver's Story is a deeply personal account of the highs, lows, challenges and triumphs resulting from organ transplantation, written from Ron Moore's perspective as a caregiver for his wife, Kathy. It traces their journey from diagnosis through transplant and recovery, describing the struggles, battles, and victories along the way, with a detailed daily narrative following their progress through the most difficult periods. Despite a generally positive experience with doctors and hospitals throughout, Ron and Kathy discovered valuable lessons over the course of their journey that they wish they had known at the outset. These 50 Lessons Learend are described int he book, some very simple, some very painful, and others potentially deadly. Some of the more general, yet crucial, lessons include understanding that: 1. Most doctors are very specialized and their diagnoses and orders can, at times, lack a "systems level," whole body perspective. 2. Contraindicated orders relative to other specialists' recommendations are not uncommon. 3. Doctors can be wrong a significant percentage fo the time. 4. Diagnostic tests can be wrong as well, and have statistical accuracy rates which must be considered. 5. Drug side-effects and interactions are a far bigger problem than most people, including doctors, realize. In sharing their experience, Ron and Kathy hope to provide support and practical advice for other transplant patients and their caregivers, as well as doctors and medical professionals, in an effort to help others achieve a more successful outcome in their transplant journey.

Download or read book My Journey As a Heart Transplant Patient written by Larry McClellan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My story about going through the Heart Transplant process and follow-up.

Download or read book Taking Flight written by and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lung transplant is a life-changing surgery that extends and enhances life due to organ donation. Recipients of lung transplant share their stories of success.

Download or read book Gift of Life Transforming Destinies Through Organ Transplants written by Zazabor Guru and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Description: In "Gift of Life: Transforming Destinies through Organ Transplants," you'll travel on a remarkable journey of hope, bravery, and the astonishing power of human generosity. The amazing tales of people whose lives have been profoundly altered by the gift of a second chance--the gift of life itself--are revealed in this captivating book. You'll find a tapestry of stories that reinforce the profound worth of life by inspiring, challenging, and concluding. This wonderful book is a celebration of interpersonal relationships, an ode to the unbreakable human spirit, and a testimonial to the amazing ability of organ transplantation to give people and families new leases on life. You will read about the adventures of unsung heroes--both donors and recipients--in the pages of this stirring book. Their experiences serve as a living example of the strong ties that bind the world community together. The universal need to live, to heal, and to show compassion to one another is revealed by these stories, which cut beyond cultural, regional, and societal borders. You'll meet inspiring people on these pages who, despite all odds, overcame the verge of hopelessness to find new purpose and energy via organ transplantation. The fundamental human desire for a chance to live brings these tales of resiliency and triumph--of regular individuals thrown into extraordinary situations--together. Explore the touching tales of organ donors who, in their final moments, decided to leave a legacy of kindness and life. Find out about the brave receivers who received the priceless gift of time thanks to the incredible kindness of strangers. Experience the intense feelings that come with the transplant journey, including the dread of waiting, the joy of receiving a call that saves your life, and the subsequent healing. The documentary "Gift of Life" takes you inside the scientific breakthroughs that make transplantation feasible. Investigate the complex procedures involved in organ donation, the tireless efforts of healthcare experts, and the cutting-edge technology that is advancing this sector. Discover the moral conundrums and agonizing choices that families and medical teams must make. The unbreakable relationships formed between donors, beneficiaries, and their loved ones are what "Gift of Life" is most notable for. It's a celebration of the amazing empathy, selflessness, and transformation that may take place when one life is transplanted into another. You'll be reminded that there is hope even in the face of difficulty as you turn the pages of this motivational book. "Gift of Life" serves as a sad reminder that people can reinvent their destinies and transcend the limitations of mortality via the altruism of organ donation. In the end, "Gift of Life" is a sincere celebration of the capacity of humanity for generosity and change. It serves as a reminder that every donor is a ray of hope and that every recipient is proof of the remarkable resiliency of the human body and spirit. They shed light on the way to a time when the gift of life is treasured, honored, and distributed with steadfast compassion. Get ready to be affected, informed, and inspired as you travel on this incredible adventure with "Gift of Life: Transforming Destinies through Organ Transplants." This book is a celebration of the human spirit's tenacity and a monument to the incredible capacity for change that lives within every one of us.