In this episode of the Living Transplant podcast, host Candice Coghlan is joined by Winne Jerome who talks to us about her journey as a living donor to her sister through the Kidney Paired Donation Program, making that decision after having a premature newborn baby at home. She spoke about how when she found out she was able to donate a kidney to a stranger, so her sister would receive a kidney from a stranger, the excitement was too much to hold. We are later joined by Darlene Jagusic, a registered nurse who spent time supporting the Living and Deceased Donation Program in Saskatchewan, as well as being a critical care nurse in B. C. and Saskatchewan for many years. She is now the Program Manager for the Kidney Paired Donation and Highly Sensitized Patient Program at Canadian Blood Services.

We discuss hope for those waiting, the details and intricacies of the Kidney Paired Donation Program, and the gratitude we have for organ donors. Please enjoy.  

The views and opinions expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the offical policy or position of Toronto General or University Health Network. 

For more information about kidney transplantation, please visit: https://www.uhn.ca/Transplant/Kidney_Transplant_Program 

For more information about the Kidney Paired Donation Program, please visit: https://www.blood.ca/en/organs-tissues/living-organ-donation/kidney-paired-donation 

To watch Winnie & Fadia's story on Great Actions, please visit: greatactions.ca 

Have questions? Comments? Ideas for an episode? Please reach out to the Centre for Living Organ Donation at [email protected].

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