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Northwell’s Christmas Miracle – The Nutcracker is Alive

Patient who was successfully treated for Nutcracker Syndrome generously donates her repaired kidney to a perfect stranger in need For Heather Lucas, 47, of Shelton, CT, the ability to celebrate this Christmas without pain is nothing short of a miracle. Her story began in 2018, when discomfort in her left side grew debilitating. For months, she sought relief from doctors who told her it was muscular and it would just go away. Finally, in October 2019, she found an understanding radiologist who ordered an MRI. Careful examination of the test results and a caring physician led to a diagnosis of the very rare disorder called Nutcracker Syndrome. Nutcracker Syndrome, she learned, causes incapacitating abdominal, flank and pelvic pain. Since “Nutcracker Pheonomena” is rare, patients are frequently misdiagnosed. Or worse, they are labeled as “pain seeking,” meaning doctors often accuse them of faking pain to get narcotic medications. Nutrcracker Phenomena is an abnormality in the vein that drains the left kidney (the left renal vein). The vein gets squeezed between a few neighboring blood vessels, causing pressure to build in the kidney; this pressure is what causes the painful symptoms. Her search for a surgeon with knowledge of Nutcracker led to a visit on September 14th with Eliot Grodstein, MD, who was able to assure Ms. Lucas that her symptoms were real and not a figment of her imagination. Proper treatment meant a surgery, scheduled for December 7th, in which the affected kidney and its vein is moved to a healthier area and re-transplanted (auto-transplanted) to a new location. By doing this, the vein is no longer compressed and the kidney is relieved of pressure. But Ms. Lucas had an unusual – remarkable - request. She told Dr. Grodstein that she didn’t want her kidney auto-transplanted. When her kidney was removed, she said, she wanted it to be given to a recipient on the waiting list. That’s how Yvette Caton’s life was changed forever. Diagnosed with FESGS or Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (a disease in which scar tissue develops on the parts of the kidneys that filter waste from the blood ) in her mid 30’s, Ms. Caton was placed on the kidney transplant waiting list in 2012 and began dialysis in 2013. The seriousness of her condition would have proven fatal without transplant. The two woman were able to meet each other in North Shore University Hospital post-surgery. Both are looking forward to a pain free Christmas. They are reuniting with their surgeons at this event With Heather Lucas, 47, diagnosed with Nutcracker Syndrome, auto-donated her kidney Yvette Caton, 61, of Brooklyn, NY, on dialysis for seven years, kidney recipient Lewis Teperman, MD, director, Transplant Center, Northwell Health Elliot Grodstein, MD, transplant surgeon, Ms. Lucas’ transplant surgeon Ahmed Fahmy, MD, transplant surgeon, Ms. Caton’s transplant surgeon Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, nearly 800 outpatient facilities and more than 14,200 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 74,000 employees – 18,500 nurses and 4,500 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties. Visit https://www.northwell.edu/ Subscribe to Northwell Health’s YouTube http://bit.ly/2wPz7on or head to our channel    / northwellhealth1   The Well - https://thewell.northwell.edu/ Facebook –   / northwellhealth   Twitter -   / northwellhealth   Instagram -   / northwellhealth   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin/northwellhealth