Pancreas transplant stories

Kathryn Smith of Miami, FL

Intestine
Kidney
Liver
Pancreas
Stories
Transplant recipient
UNOS Ambassador

My story begins my junior year of high school. I was always a healthy child but I suddenly became severely ill at the young age of 17 when doctors diagnosed me with idiopathic autoimmune hepatitis that had left me with... Read more

Mary Magee-Huth of Channahon, IL

Kidney
Pancreas
Stories
Transplant recipient

At age 11 I was diagnosed with Type I diabetes, often called juvenile onset diabetes at the time. I was drinking water constantly and losing weight off my already small frame. When the teacher had had it with me asking... Read more

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Pancreas transplant stories

Kathryn Smith of Miami, FL

Mary Magee-Huth of Channahon, IL

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