On any given day, roughly 100,000 people are actively waiting for an organ transplant, and every 10 minutes, another person, on average, is added to that waitlist.
– Guidry said it began while he was stationed aboard the USS Fitzgerald when it collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan in 2017.“That accident gave me a heart infection from the seaboard chemicals and whatnot,” Guidry said. “I was dealing with it for three years.”
But then, in October 2021, Guidry said he found himself in the hospital sicker than he’d ever been and on the brink of death. It turns out, it wasn’t just his heart that was failing. As Dr. Parag Patel with the Mayo Clinic said, it was also his kidneys. “In Terry’s case, it became very evident that his kidneys weren’t going to recover fully. So, we needed to think about a heart-kidney transplant,” Patel said.That decision proved to be a lifesaver for Guidry.Thankfully, Guidry was able to get the organs he needed to live and share his story. Patal said approximately 17 people die on the list every day while waiting for an organ transplant. He also said one single donor can help 75 different people.“Organ donation is a gift.
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