Transplant Recipient

• ‘It’s not just for you’: B.C. double-transplant recipient urges everyone to get the COVID vaccine

  The Courtenay B.C. resident was only five months old when he was diagnosed with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, which means the left side of his heart was too big for his body.

  Health

  Sep 6, 2021
  
• London, Ont., transplant recipient trains to swim across Lake Ontario to fundraise, raise awareness

  Londoner Jillian Best is determined to swim 52 km across Lake Ontario this summer to raise awareness and promote healthy living after a transplant.

  Canada

  May 16, 2021
  
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• Doctors, patients worry about delayed 2nd COVID-19 vaccine doses for transplant recipients

  'It's imperative that we get the second [COVID-19] dose in on time rather than waiting for three or four months to get the second dose,' one transplant specialist says.

  Health

  Mar 26, 2021
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• Nova Scotia organ donor families and recipients applaud new ‘presumed consent’ law

  'Every day I wake up is found time, and so I’m brimming over with gratitude in a way I have never felt in my life.'

  Jan 18, 2021