talkingcanes
12-19-2003, 09:06 PM
I hope he recovers well. My parents' next door neighbor has the same disease and had a transplant several years ago. Other than the side effects of the steroids she takes to avoid rejection, she has done very well.
Friday, December 19, 2003 6:06PM EST
Mourning undergoes kidney transplant surgery
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) - Former All-Star center Alonzo Mourning underwent kidney transplant surgery Friday and was listed in good condition, hospital officials said.
The surgery, performed at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia hospital, came less than a month after Mourning retired from the NBA due to a kidney disease.
The kidney donor, a family member, was also in good condition, officials said.
Mourning, 33, retired from the New Jersey Nets on Nov. 24 because of complications from the disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
He was diagnosed before the 2000-01 season, when he was with the Miami Heat.
Friday, December 19, 2003 6:06PM EST
Mourning undergoes kidney transplant surgery
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) - Former All-Star center Alonzo Mourning underwent kidney transplant surgery Friday and was listed in good condition, hospital officials said.
The surgery, performed at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia hospital, came less than a month after Mourning retired from the NBA due to a kidney disease.
The kidney donor, a family member, was also in good condition, officials said.
Mourning, 33, retired from the New Jersey Nets on Nov. 24 because of complications from the disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
He was diagnosed before the 2000-01 season, when he was with the Miami Heat.