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Tim’s Journey: From Dialysis to Loving Life with a New Kidney

“I have so much more energy now, and I have so much more time to myself since I don’t have to plan my days around getting to a machine at a certain time.”
Timothy Collins, 60, of Westfield, was diagnosed in 1996 with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), which causes kidneys to enlarge ...
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New Heart, New Kidney, New Life

“When I first got out of the hospital, I couldn’t even lift a gallon of milk. Now, I’m walking, doing yoga and playing in my band”
Thanks to an anonymous donor, Douglas Delahanty received two new organs—a heart and a kidney—one year ago at Newark Beth Israel ...
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Rosemarie’s Transplant Story

“If I can get a message to anyone needing a kidney, I would tell them make sure you go to the Transplant Center that is the best. I would tell them to go to Saint Barnabas!”
The following is a story written by Rosemarie about her experience with the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint ...
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Leslie’s Living Donation Story

On May 16, 2018, I donated a kidney through the Living Donor Institute at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
“On May 16, 2018, I donated a kidney through the Living Donor Institute at Saint Barnabas Medical Center . My recipient was a ...
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Kidney Donor Gives the Gift of Life

“Dawn and I call each other sisters because I have part of her body”
In December 2018, Hyewoon “Kate” Lim started kidney dialysis, a treatment that required her to hook herself up to a machine ...
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Kidney Donor Hero

"I believe people have to try to help somebody else."
Staff members at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick pay tribute to kidney donor Ana Gomez as she is ...
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She Was My Angel - Bob Williams Search for a Living Kidney Donor

She Was My Angel. After posting a message on Facebook in search of a living donor for his kidney transplant.
In 2016, Bob Williams was diagnosed with kidney failure after several years of living with type 2 diabetes. After posting a ...
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The Gift of Life: Young Woman Donates Her Kidney to a Child

“My life is back to normal, but I got to give a little boy the chance to live a full life.”
When Samantha Donnelly was in high school, one of her classmates needed a kidney transplant. “I wanted to donate one of my ...
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Family Ties – Greg's Kidney Transplant Story

Thanks to the generosity of two relatives, a kidney transplant recipient is able to maintain his active lifestyle.
Greg Bayard is passionate about sports. The 58-year-old sales representative from Scotch Plains played basketball in college and ...
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