National Kidney Foundation of Illinois

The Journey Continues

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The Journey Continues is a podcast committed to promoting kidney health and organ donation through powerful stories. Host Monica Fox is a kidney transplant recipient and Director of Outreach and Government Relations for the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. This series will feature the journeys of kidney patients, living donors, transplant recipients, donor families and industry experts who continue to educate the community through their own experiences and stories.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.nkfi.org

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National Kidney Foundation of Illinois

Episodes

Life Goes On 29.09.2020 26:05

Angelique’s world was turned upside down when doctors told her she had only days to live unless she received a liver transplant. She and her twin sister Angenette knew her story was not going to end in that hospital bed 28 years ago.

Heroes Don’t Retire 15.09.2020 20:52

Dr. Ashutosh Gupta treated patients with kidney disease for more than thirty years. But it was only after retirement that he made the decision to become a living kidney donor. In this episode, he shares his story and walks us through the donation process.

Connected at the Heart 11.08.2020 24:47

August is Minority Organ Donation Awareness Month. For our inaugural episode, we are highlighting the story of organ donor hero Mario Cousins , as told by his mother Emma O’Neal and his grateful heart recipient Pam Morris Walton.