Addison awaits transplant for 16 month old liver patient
Shawna Davis speaks of her daughter Addison severely weakened by biliary atresia diagnosed at six weeks. The 16 month old weighs 15 pounds and relies on a feeding tube for most nutrition while waiting on a liver transplant list at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
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Shawna Davis
Jeffrey Whitenight
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Addison
United States
Angela Tendick
Kansas City
Shawna
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Lawrence
Addison Whitenight
Lawrence Family Practice Center
W. 18Th St
Donor awareness drives Kansas organ donation push
Kansas faces 373 patients on the national transplant wait list amid 105 102 nationwide awaiting organs. Experts urge families to discuss donation, as declared by Jan Finn of the Midwest Transplant Network, the federally certified procurement organization for Kansas and western Missouri, which handles referrals, eligibility screening, and organ recovery.
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Kansas
U.S
Ramsey Hachem
Barnes Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Jan Finn
Midwest Transplant Network
Missouri
Finn
Oread Inn Wins City Approval for $37 Million Hotel
City commissioners unanimously approved the seven story Oread Inn project near 12th and Indiana, a $37 million hotel planned to supersede a large apartment complex. The decision allows using future tax revenues to fund parking and streets with risk borne by developers.
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Oread Inn
Kansas University
12Th and
Indiana Streets
Rob Chestnut
Crossing
Obama Takes Lead With Maryland Virginia DC Wins
Democratic hopeful Barack Obama swept Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia to take a delegate lead. Republican rival John McCain won all three Republican primaries in those states. The article notes a Madison Wisconsin rally as Obama campaigns.
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Ill
Madison
Wis
Obama
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Arizona
John McCain
Local TV Update Teases Illness Stories and Transplants
Watch 6News at 6 and 10 tonight to see how Shawna Davis and Jeffrey Whitenight cope with their daughter's illness. An audio slideshow about Addison is online at ljworld.com. Later: Heidi Karn Barker recovers from a double lung transplant and Dan and Jill Blomgren discuss their sons' liver transplants.
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Shawna Davis
Jeffrey Whitenight
Ljworld.com
Addison
Heidi Karn Barker
Dan
Jill Blomgren
Two Topeka Women Arrested In Last Call Shooting Case
Lawrence police say two Topeka women, ages 30 and 20, were arrested late Tuesday for aiding a felon and abetting aggravated battery after allegedly helping a gunman who fired at a crowd outside Last Call at 729 N. H. The investigation continues as a 15-year-old Topeka boy and two Last Call employees were wounded at about 3 a.m. Sunday.
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Last Call
Lawrence
Paul Fellers
N.H
Fellers
Kay Foster
Foster
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Regents to outline tuition guideline proposals
The Kansas Board of Regents will sketch out guidelines for the next set of university tuition proposals, outlining planned approaches and potential impacts for state colleges and the public university system.
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Kansas Board of Regents
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