Jeff Cheney: BodyFeed your body.Passing on a kidney transplant- August 23, 2004 Michael Fraase: I thought it would be more difficult, or maybe more complicated, but it was neither. A transplant surgeon called from the University of Minnesota this morning to tell me they had a cadaver kidney for me (I've been on the transplant list for four-and-a-half years). "I'll pass," I said in a quiet but steady voice. "Call the next person on the list." The physician wanted a reason. "I'm still working out some ethical issues with the whole transplant business." There. It was out...http://www.michaelfraase.com/index.php/hasten/passing_on_a_kidney_transplant/ |