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The Heart Guy presents The Heart of the Matter with Austin Lee Season 3, Episode 7
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In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman (The Heart Guy) has a very personal conversation with Kidney transplant recipient, Austin Lee. Austin is a two-time kidney transplant recipient from the DC Maryland and Virginia area. At the age of one year old, Austin was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease known as posterior urethral valves, a kidney disease that affects one in eight thousand male infants. He received his first life-saving kidney from his mother in 1993 which functioned and gave him a healthy life for 14 years. Austin's first transplanted kidney was rejected in 2007 which led him to have to undergo Peritoneal Dialysis for a second time as an adolescent. He received my second transplant via kidney paired exchange program from an unrelated living donor, Ms. Stella Christian, on June 8th, 2010. Austin has had both his living donor transplants for a total of 25 years and will continue to mentor pediatric patients on the importance of taking care of their transplanted kidneys so that they may be able to live out all their life dreams and goals.
In this conversation, Gary and Austin speak about lessons learned in pushing through the toughest of times and advocating for those in need of help. Please join us in this very revealing conversation with a young warrior in the transplant community.
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