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Living Donation Discussion and News => Living Donation in the News => Topic started by: Karol on August 12, 2017, 03:11:04 AM

Title: The woman with the 100-YEAR-OLD kidney
Post by: Karol on August 12, 2017, 03:11:04 AM
The woman with the 100-YEAR-OLD kidney: 68-year-old has the world's oldest transplanted organ - and it's still going strong!

- Sue Westhead was in her 20s when she got the organ from mother, 57
- Was expected to function for 20 years max before needing replacement
- But 68-year-old has defied medical expectations and doubled that time

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3731752/The-woman-100-year-old-kidney-68-year-old-world-s-oldest-transplanted-organ-s-going-strong.html#ixzz4pWSFfR6N