National Foundation for Transplants

  • Kurt Garrett is Awaiting a Lifesaving Transplant

    March 16, 2012

    When Kyle Garrett found out that his little brother, Kurt, needed a lifesaving liver transplant, he wanted to help. As you can imagine, it's incredibly difficult to watch a sibling go through a frightening health crisis. To raise awareness and funds for Kurt's need, Kyle created a very moving and creative video to tell his brother's story. Please take a moment to watch the video below. To read more about Kurt...

    Liver Transplant, Video

  • NFT Video

    March 13, 2012
    Video

  • February Transplant Birthdays

    March 7, 2012

    We are so excited for our patients who received lifesaving transplants last month!

  • March Patient of the Month: Anna Henning

    March 7, 2012
    Anna Henning

    Baby Anna Leigh Henning was fighting for her life even before she was born. She was born prematurely at 30 weeks and is currently in the NICU. This sweet little girl has a long, difficult road ahead of her and desperately needs help.

    In 2010, Anna's mother, Sheri, gave birth to a baby boy named Jacob Aden. Sheri was distraught to learn he was suffering from junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB), a rare...

    Bone Marrow Transplant, Patient of the Month

  • Act of Kindness Years Ago Returned With a Kidney Transplant

    March 7, 2012

    The following story is from Eyewitness News 9 in New Bern, NC:

    It has been called a miracle. A couple took in a stranger and more than 20 years later that stranger would save one of of their lives.

    Mikie and Rita Casem were living in Washington D.C. in 1979 when their priest told them about a teenage girl who was pregnant and had nowhere to...

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  • March is National Kidney Month

    March 7, 2012

    If you have high blood pressure, diabetes or a family history of kidney disease, you're at risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD). But there is some good news. With a healthy diet and regular exercise, preventing CKD is not as difficult as you might think.

    March is National Kidney Month. Here are some prevention tips from the National Kidney Foundation.

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  • Tom Brady's Personal QB Coach Awaiting a Kidney Transplant

    January 31, 2012

    The following article is from The Washington Post:

    Tom Brady hopes that Tom Martinez, his personal quarterback coach, can soon find the kidney he needs for a transplant.

    Martinez lives in northern California and has been working with Brady since the New England...

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  • January Patient of the Month: Sean Semon

    January 6, 2012

    In 2005, Sean was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy after a virus attacked his heart. He woke up in the middle of the night unable to breathe, and doctors ultimately decided the best treatment was to implant a defibrillator. However, while he was on the operating table, the surgeon decided that at just 28 years old Sean was too young for the procedure and attempted to treat his illness with medications instead.

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    Heart Transplant, Patient of the Month

  • September Patient of the Month: David Fraser

    September 8, 2010
    NFT Patient of the Month David Frasier

    Around Easter of 2009, David Fraser and his family had just arrived at the beach for vacation when he had a seizure while unpacking the car. He was rushed to the hospital, and was soon transported to a larger hospital in Orlando, where he stayed for nearly a week.

    For the next few months, numerous tests and procedures were done until doctors discovered David was suffering from liver disease. Doctors told him a liver...

    Patient of the Month

  • A Patient's Mission: Recruit Marrow Donors

    September 7, 2010

    The following article is from the August 23, 2010 edition of People magazine.

    Anh Reiss was headed to the gym in February 2009 when she got the call that changed her life. Test results held unimaginable news: She had a rare blood disorder and perhaps only six months to live. Her only hope, her doctor told her, was a bone marrow transplant that could restore her ravaged immune system. But Reiss learned to her dismay that she had a far slimmer chance than many Americans of...