Five year old Jenny receives Denver liver transplant
Jenny Fissel, a 5 year old with congenital liver failure, travels from Chicago to Colorado General Hospital where surgeons led by Dr Thomas Starzl perform a liver transplant after a long wait for a donor. The 18 hour operation saves her life and she returns to Chicago and school. The report highlights the intense, time sensitive nature of organ transplants and the risks of donor permission and organ rejection.
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Marc Wilson Denver
Jennifer Fissel
Thomas Starzl
Starzl
Colorado General Hospital
Colorado General
Marita
Harlan
Denver
United States
Jennifer
Jenny
Minnesota
Fissels
Chicago
Illinois
Robin Cook
Boston
Living transplant story highlights Jenny Fissel patient journey
The piece spotlights Jenny Fissel and Kim Hudson in Oregon Ill as examples amid transplant history. It notes Starzl’s early failures, rising survival with modern liver transplants, and ongoing organ shortage. Doctors warn of dialysis backlog and the life-or-death race to secure livers while praising improved outcomes.
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Kim Hudson
Oregon
Ill
Starzs
Jenny
Starzl
Taylor
Jenny Fissel
Rosemary Kuna Burnett Engagement With Jerry Kuna Planned
Rosemary Burnett announces the engagement of daughter Rosemary Kuna to Jerry Kuna. Rosemary, a Southern Illinois and Benton Consolidated High School alumna, is an associate chemist at Natural Gas Pipeline Co. in Joliet. Jerry Kuna, Thornton Township High School graduate, works for Hansen and Hempel Construction in Elmhurst. A September 2 wedding at Grace Episcopal Church in New Lenox is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robert Burnett Sr
Benton
Rosemary
Jerry Kuna
Miss Kuna
Southern Illinois University
Benton Consolidated High School
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Joliet
Kuna
Thornton Township High School
Hansen and Hempel Construction Co
Elmhurst
Grace Episcopal Church
New Lenox
Rich preying upon poor Debating ethics of selling organs in a world short of donors
In Chicago and beyond the debate over selling versus donating human organs grows as transplants rise and donor shortages widen. Doctors clash on morality, legality, and patient life, while experts warn against exploiting moneyed buyers and patients. A novelist notes signs of a near black market danger amid mounting demand.
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William C. Wertz
Chicago
Fred Coe
Michael Reese Hospital
Allen Kanter
Coe’s
Michael Reese
Bruce Nortell
American Medical Association
Judicial Council
McCarthy DeMere
Memphis
Tenn
American Bar Association
Medicine and Law Committee
DeMere
Cook
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Norman E. Shumway
Stanford University Medical Center
Los Angeles
Edward B. Stinson
Stanford
Stanford University
Rosemary Burnett
William John Kuna
Harvey
University Mall
Carbondale
Jamsingnear
Fortress
McFall - Benton
Barwick Mills
Niemann Carpet
East Country Club Road
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