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Medical crisis shows family''s mettle, love.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-OCT-03
Format: Online - approximately 669 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Medical crisis shows family''s mettle, love.(Columns)(Column)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard

MARCOLA - She told him last December at halftime of a Mohawk High basketball game. It was one of those moments in which the frivolity of life (`We've got spirit, yes we do!') was suddenly interrupted by the tragically profound (`I need a kidney transplant').

Natalie Whisenant, a Head Start of Lane County teacher, had been diagnosed with kidney problems a year before. Now, her kidneys had gone from 60 percent to 24 percent of normal function.

People can survive after losing one of their two kidneys. But, without dialysis, they can't survive...

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