Mickey Mantle, for example, had other medical problems that went undetected until after he had his transplant. There are simply not enough donors to supply the needs of patients awaiting transplants. Organizations like TRC and UNOS are working to increase the supply of organs available by educating people about the importance of organ donation and by encouraging people to sign donor cards and to talk about their wishes with their family members. This policy enables hospitals and health care professionals to play a key role in increasing donations, because families otherwise might not be aware of their right to donate. While no one can guarantee that this cannot happen, it is extremely unlikely.
Communication skills key to organ coordinators.
Now his father, Reg Green, is coming to Baltimore May 19 to tell Nicholas' story. Transplant Stories Maryland basketball coach Morgan Wootten wins a big one Morgan Wootten, one of the nation's most successful high school basketball coaches, is back coaching at Maryland's DeMatha High School today, thanks to a liver transplant that he received in the summer of 1996. Wootten, who has one of the best win records of all time for a high school coach, had suffered for several years from a disease that attacked his liver. His condition became critical in July 1996, when he collapsed during a training camp that he was running. Fortunately for Wootten, a liver became available from a donor who matched his blood type and body size.