First-hand experience: a transplant recipient's story.
I received that wanted, needed, and feared telephone call. I wanted it for the freedom and hope it might bring. I needed it because of bone disease and fatigue. I feared it because of the surgery, possible complications, and the possibility of the most damning word for any transplant patient--rejection.
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Elizabeth General Medical Center, NJ 07206.
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