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Volume 64 Issue 30
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
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A daughter’s love knows no bounds
Chantelle Hergott will give her mother a fighting chance at a healthier life. Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
In Canada, there are approximately 4300 people waiting for organ transplant surgeries. 72 percent of those people are waiting for a kidney transplant. Last year alone, 195 Canadians died while waiting for an organ transplant. Only 1,803 transplant procedures were performed. Kidneys are essential for the body to work properly. They remove excess water from the body or retain it when needed. Kidneys are a waste removal system for the blood and body, removing excess minerals, urea and creatinine as well as regulating levels of minerals that the body requires. Kidneys also produce hormones which regulate body functions such the making of red blood cells and regulate functions like blood pressure. When the kidneys fail due to disease, disorder or injury and have reached what is known as Stage 5 (End-Stage Renal Failure) or ESRD (End-Stage Renal Disease), to sustain life, dialysis or kidney transplant is required. It is quite common for people to live a healthy life with just one kidney. In fact, there are people who are born with just one. The transplanting of kidneys from deceased donors has a success rate of 85 to 90 percent after one year and last on average of 10 to 15 years. From a living donor, kidney transplant success rates after one year are 90 to 95 percent successful and last on average 15 to 20 years.
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Lisa Carleton/Spotlight Chantelle Hergott (center) will give her mother Shelley Cooper (top) a most precious gift on August 19. Cooper will be the recipient of a living kidney transplant, a gift from her daughter in order to give her a second chance at a much healthier life. Chantelle holds her eldest daughter—four year old Jayde.
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