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Waiting for a Kidney / Pancreas Transplant | Ohio State Medical Center

To learn more about kidney and pancreas transplants and Ohio State's Comprehensive Transplant Center visit http://transplant.osu.edu To register as an organ and tissue donor visit http://lifelineofohio.org IN SPITE OF INCREASED AWARENESS FOR ORGAN DONORS, MANY PEOPLE STILL ARE RELUCTANT TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT. BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO GREAT, PATIENTS ARE WAITING YEARS FOR ORGANS. TONIGHT MEET A YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS HOPING FOR AN ORGAN DONOR, TO GET HER LIFE BACK TO NORMAL. AMBER SMITH IS A BUSY WORKING MOM. THE 30 YEAR OLD IS JUGGLING A JOB... TAKING CARE OF A VERY ACTIVE 2 ½ YEAR OLD...AND UNDERGOING DIALYSIS EVERY DAY FOR A FAILING KIDNEY. AMBER HAS BEEN A DIABETIC SINCE THE AGE OF 8, AND COMPLICATIONS AFTER THE BIRTH OF HER SON ASHTON CAUSED HER KIDNEYS TO FAIL. NOW, SHE NEEDS BOTH A KIDNEY AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANT. BESIDES DEALING WITH HER OWN MEDICAL ISSUES, SHE IS DEALING WITH HER SON'S AS WELL. BECAUSE OF HER PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, ASHTON WAS BORN AT 26 WEEKS, SPENT ALMOST A YEAR IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE, AND WENT THROUGH SEVERAL SURGERIES. ALL OF THIS WOULD BE OVERWHELMING FOR MOST PEOPLE...BUT AMBER REMAINS STRONG AND HOPEFUL. AMBER'S POSITIVE ATTITUDE IS WHAT KEEPS HER GOING. SHE CREDITS HER HUSBAND'S SUPPORT, ALONG WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS, FOR KEEPING UP THE FIGHT. DIALYSIS IS A DAILY NECESSITY, AND AMBER SHOWED ME THE PROCESS SHE GOES THROUGH EVERY NIGHT AT HOME. IT'S A MATTER OF FACT PROCESS FOR AMBER, AND SHE HAS A ROUTINE. PUT THE BABY TO BED, GET HOOKED UP TO DIALYSIS BY 9PM SO THAT SHE HAS A GOOD 8 HOURS OF DIALYSIS BEFORE SHE GETS UP TO GO TO WORK. THE DAYS GO BY, AND AMBER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR 13MONTHS FOR A TRANSPLANT. AMBER NEEDS A TRANSPLANT OF BOTH THE KIDNEY AND PANCREAS AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S BECAUSE DIABETES AFFECTS THE PANCREAS, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE KIDNEYS TO FAIL. DR. AMER RAJAB, A TRANSPLANT SURGEON AT OHIO STATE'S WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER, KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DUAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT. "BY GIVING THEM A PANCREAS, YOU ARE NOT JUST TREATING THEIR DIABETES, YOU ARE PROTECTING THEIR KIDNEY. BECAUSE REMEMBER, IF YOU GIVE THEM A KIDNEY ONLY, THEY STILL HAVE DIABETES...AND THE DIABETES CAN COME BACK AND AFFECT THE NEW KIDNEY AND THEY MAY LOSE THAT KIDNEY FROM DIABETES AFTER A FEW YEARS. SO BY GIVING THEM KIDNEY AND PANCREAS YOU ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL...WHICH IS TREATING THEIR DIABETES AND TREATING THEIR KIDNEY DISEASE." AMBER IS GRATEFUL THAT SHE LIVES SO CLOSE TO THE OSU WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER AND THAT HER TRANSPLANT OPERATION could take place near HER HOME AND HER FAMILY. IN ADDITION, OHIO STATE IS ONE OF THE LEADING CENTERS FOR THIS TYPE OF DUAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT. "SO THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE CARE OF, AND THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF EXPERTISE...ALOT OF EFFORT...ALOT OF SPECIALITIES COMING ALL TOGETHER AND WE HAVE THAT AT OHIO STATE. ACTUALLY WE STARTED DOING THIS PROGRAM IN THE 1980'S...DOING PANCREAS IN THE LATE 1980'S AND SO FAR WE HAVE DONE MORE THAN 800 OF THE COMBINED KIDNEY AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION. SO WE ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOP LARGE CENTERS IN THE WORLD ACTUALLY AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO HERE AT OHIO STATE." WHILE AMBER WAITS FOR THE PHONE CALL FROM OHIO STATE, SHE ALSO THINKS ABOUT THE DONOR WHO WILL BE HER LIFESAVER. AMBER DREAMS OF THE DAY SHE ISN'T TIED TO HER DIALYSIS MACHINE. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, ALL SHE REALLY WANTS IS A NORMAL FAMILY LIFE.