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Baby marks one year with kidney transplant
Melissa Saunders weighed 92 pounds at diagnosis and faced congestive heart and kidney failure from primary hyperoxaluria. At 8 months old she received a kidney from a deceased child in Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, finishing surgery at 2 a.m. She has since grown to 17 pounds and, according to Dr. John Herrin, is the smallest child to survive a kidney transplant for a year.
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Boston
Melissa Saunders
Melissa
John T. Herrin
Linda
Daniel Saunders
Hamilton
Mass
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mrs. Saunders