Family House a haven for transplant patients and families
Judy Whiteside and her husband Rusty find hope in Pittsburgh's Family House as his new liver works and he smiles again. The ICU, volunteers, and the 39 room home support families from around the world, offering meals, channels of support, and a sense of home amid medical trials.
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In Boothwyn, Russell Whiteside survived thanks to two donor livers found in time but many wait for transplants. Nationwide 982 patients await livers, 17,559 kidneys, 1,690 hearts while about 26,000 die yearly with organs potentially usable. officials warn not all decedents qualify.
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