a perfect match.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Winter, Ruth
- Source
- Woman's Day. 5/9/2006, Vol. 69 Issue 9, p66-73. 4p. 4 Color Photographs.
- Subject
- *KIDNEY transplantation
*TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
- Language
- ISSN
- 0043-7336
The article focuses on the poignant story between two couples Dave and Roz Dorlen and Ann Heavner and Tom Packard. The four individuals were participants of an innovative kidney swap, which is the first in the U.S. Both women donated one of their kidneys to the other's husbands. Prior to the operation, both couple went through rigorous mental and physical screening. However, the transplants were successful.