PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — When Milka learned her husband Daniel needed a kidney transplant, she wanted to donate one of hers. However, when she learned she wasn’t a match, she decided to be a non-direct living donor. As luck would have it, Milka was a match for Nicholas Bianchi and another living donor – Elizabeth…
Kidney Transplant
Referee makes living donation, saves life of high school coach
As a two-time All-State Classical High School basketball player and current Central High School coach, Mike Reed is used to being active. But in May 2007, he started experiencing symptoms that were only getting worse. Mike was in kidney failure and, due to cancer, had to have both kidneys removed. When David O’Connor, a referee…
With help from Dr. Osband, RI man’s long hope for new kidney realized
Fred Pastore’s years-long wait for a new kidney recently came to an end. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Fred got the call that he had a donor. The successful transplant was lead by Dr. Adena Osband of Brown Surgical Associates. Read more about Fred’s journey in The Providence Journal.
