This week, while digging a little into Canadian and Quebec organizations related to organ donation, I discovered the Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association (CODA) and its volunteers. According to its website, the CADO has had a mandate to promote organ donation in Quebec and Canada since its creation in 1983.…
No dialysis for me, after all! No operation to place a catheter either! My body decided to stagnate at 13% of kidney function! This is not what I expected. When I was told that on Tuesday, I was insulted. What a bad time to stop the kidney function drop! 6 years…
I saw my nephrologist again in December, and we started talking seriously about dialysis for me. I’ve been waiting for this for a while, my symptoms having been constant for over a year. I always feel nauseus, I wake up 3 to 10 times a night to urinate, I’m always tired,…
On Friday, January 7, 2022, American surgeons managed to transplant a pig heart (genetically modified) on a human patient. On Monday, when the University of Maryland Medical School announced the news, the 57-year-old was still alive and his new heart was doing its job well. This 8-hour surgery is really important…
I’m late in my weekly post this week! Homeschooling, even if she is pretty autonomous as an 11-year-old girl, it still takes a lot of energy out of me! On the other hand, I have started my broader planning for my facebook page, and I will soon have more educational content…
