Friday, September 12, 2014

Kentucky Children's Hospital #2


I found an article online at www.kentucky.com. The article is titled "Kentucky Children's Hospital nurse donates kidney to 3-year-old patient" by Bill Estep. This article is about how one nurse at the Kentucky Children's Hospital was so attached to one of her patients that she gave him one of her kidneys. The newborn boy, Ben, had a blockage in his bladder which caused his kidneys not to function properly, resulting in a collapsed lung. Doctors said that he would need a kidney transplant as soon as he was able. Once he weighed 20 pounds, they started looking for a match. They were not able to take a kidney from either parent and after testing many close relatives, the list of possible donors was declining quickly. Beth Warren, Ben's primary nurse in the hospital became very close with the young boy, and cared for him as her own. When the opportunity arose, she got tested and was a perfect match for Ben's kidney. After the surgery, Ben is feeling a hundred times better, and his family couldn't be more grateful for Beth. This article was very touching. I would like to use this example to add on to the argument hat UK Healthcare has outstanding staff that does everything they can for their patients. But I am curious if Beth was close to any other patients? Would any of the other staff had done this if they were in Beth's shoes?

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