Patient Stories: Kidney Transplant

• Richard Schielke

  Survivor On the Margins: Historic UCSF Transplant Patient Without A Home

  UCSF Department of Surgery Kacey Berry, UCSF Medical Student April 27, 2018

  

  Survivor on the Margins I first noticed Richard on a Wednesday before my 8am lecture, sitting in a corner of the nursing building's food court. Or rather, it was the first time I really noticed him, because I realized I had seen him sitting there before, looking ahead contentedly with his hands folded on the table in front of him. Richard, it turns out, is a historic patient at UCSF; one of the first people worldwide to receive a kidney transplant. Born with renal failure in the early 1960s, Richard received his transplant at UCSF in 1971 at age ten, at a time when such procedures were [...]

  Story Tags: Kidney Transplant
• Harrison Schaufer & Annelise Schaufer

  Mother And Son Share Special Bond And Kidney

  UCSF Transplant Surgery August 20, 2015

  

  NapaValleyRegister.com reports on the story of Harrison Schaufer, the recipient of a donor kidney at 22 months old, and his mother Annelise, his living donor. A patient at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco since birth, Harrison, and his mother have attended the annual UCSF Pediatric Transplant Picnic annually. This year Harrison was asked to speak at the event. Harrison Schaufel never shies away from the spotlight, so when he was invited to give a speech about his experiences as a kidney transplant recipient, he couldn't refuse. Schaufel's story is nothing short of [...]

  Story Tags: Kidney Transplant
• Alyssa Welch

  A Story of Hope and Survival

  UCSF Pediatric Transplant Surgery -  by Kim Welch & Sarah Krumhoz - August 01, 2013

  

   Alyssa flanked by mother Kim and older sister My name is Kim Welch, and my daughter Alyssa’s story is one of hope and survival. She was born 15 years ago with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). ARPKD causes severe damage to both your kidney and liver. Alyssa was two and a half years old when she had her first kidney transplant. Ten days after her successful kidney transplant, unrelated to her congenital disease, Alyssa was diagnosed with eye cancer. Her left eye was surgically removed and replaced with an artificial one. Time marched on and so did Alyssa’s[...]

  Story Tags: Kidney TransplantPolycystic Kidney Disease
• Sheila FitzPatrick

  Story Tags: DialysisEnd-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Kidney Transplant