On the slow road
Observer & Eccentric Newspaper | Brad Kadrich
Photo: Joe Kelly, with wife Dottie, hopes to be able to do more than just sit in his garden after recovering from a liver transplant.
Joe Kelly was never a University of Michigan fan.
But Kelly, sporting a blue U-M polo shirt and slowly recovering from a liver transplant, is happy to shout “Go Blue!†now.
Kelly, a longtime Canton resident and retired Unisys employee, said he owes his life to, among others, the doctors and staff at the University of Michigan Hospital after surviving the surgery that replaced his non-functioning liver.
“It’s the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to go through,†Kelly said. “U-M has one hell of a medical staff. You can take what they tell you to the bank. I have a whole new appreciation for organ donor programs.â€
While Kelly’s surgery is recent, his battle with liver disease is not. He was diagnosed with hepatitis back in the early 1970s, about a year after he’d gotten out of the U.S. Army. He was treated and released, and didn’t think much of it for the next 20 years or so.
Joe Kelly was never a University of Michigan fan.
But Kelly, sporting a blue U-M polo shirt and slowly recovering from a liver transplant, is happy to shout “Go Blue!†now.
Kelly, a longtime Canton resident and retired Unisys employee, said he owes his life to, among others, the doctors and staff at the University of Michigan Hospital after surviving the surgery that replaced his non-functioning liver.
“It’s the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to go through,†Kelly said. “U-M has one hell of a medical staff. You can take what they tell you to the bank. I have a whole new appreciation for organ donor programs.â€
While Kelly’s surgery is recent, his battle with liver disease is not. He was diagnosed with hepatitis back in the early 1970s, about a year after he’d gotten out of the U.S. Army. He was treated and released, and didn’t think much of it for the next 20 years or so.
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