Kindergartner’s Life Saved Through Transplant
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) â€" For her sixth birthday in June, Tess Kromenhoek was at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston where she was given a new kidney, a priceless gift that came seven months after she underwent a liver transplant in Chicago. Both surgeries were deemed necessary for the little girl last fall after she was diagnosed with a rare genetic liver disorder.
After a few complications, Tess finally is back in Savannah and enrolled in kindergarten at St. James Catholic School. For all intents and purposes, Tess looks and acts like a typical 6-year-old. She likes Barbie dolls, loves cuddling with her mom, dad and brothers, and enjoys playing with Lambert, the family dog.
But nothing was typical about Tess’ condition a little less than a year ago. The discovery of a disorder called primary hyperoxaluria made her critically ill in a matter of hours and was a bolt out of the blue for the seemingly healthy child. As her mother Alison recalls, it was one day in September 2011 when Tess came home from pre-kindergarten feeling puny. Just two days later she was on a medical helicopter being flown to Augusta for treatment.
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Photo credit: Spencer Platt/ Getty Images
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) â€" For her sixth birthday in June, Tess Kromenhoek was at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston where she was given a new kidney, a priceless gift that came seven months after she underwent a liver transplant in Chicago. Both surgeries were deemed necessary for the little girl last fall after she was diagnosed with a rare genetic liver disorder.
After a few complications, Tess finally is back in Savannah and enrolled in kindergarten at St. James Catholic School. For all intents and purposes, Tess looks and acts like a typical 6-year-old. She likes Barbie dolls, loves cuddling with her mom, dad and brothers, and enjoys playing with Lambert, the family dog.
But nothing was typical about Tess’ condition a little less than a year ago. The discovery of a disorder called primary hyperoxaluria made her critically ill in a matter of hours and was a bolt out of the blue for the seemingly healthy child. As her mother Alison recalls, it was one day in September 2011 when Tess came home from pre-kindergarten feeling puny. Just two days later she was on a medical helicopter being flown to Augusta for treatment.
Read more
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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