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John 鈥淛T鈥� Thomas was an otherwise healthy 20-year-old when he was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2012. He discusses a life-changing kidney donation alongside his living donor, Niki Nickeson, who is an acquaintance of Thomas鈥� from high school. -
![Nikki Love-McIntyre, of Swansea, Ill., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Love-McIntyre, who has worked at the hospital for nearly 8 years, had a double kidney transplant completed in October 2015 after being diagnosed with end-stage renal disease 鈥撯�撀爐he failure of her kidneys 鈥撯�撀燼s a complication of Type 1 Diabetes. 鈥淚t was just terrifying,鈥� she said of the diagnosis while emphasizing the need to listen to your body. 鈥淚f something is going on, it鈥檚 going on for a reason. Don鈥檛 not go to the doctor or think it鈥檒l go away or [say] I鈥檒l go if it gets worse.鈥�](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7ca33b3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4486x2499+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2c%2F00%2F019cf95b463fbc58fc4ec1e2d6f5%2F10012021-bm-kidney-disparity-5.jpg)
Members of the kidney transplant team at St. Louis University Hospital say including more Black people in kidney research and as donors could help address racial disparities in transplant outcomes. -
Back in January of this year, St. Louis-area resident Jane Beckman came across a newspaper article about a man in need of a new kidney 鈥� and another man鈥� -
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 27, 2011 - Lots of people celebrate non-traditional birthdays -- for a cat, a dog, even a car.鈥�
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![Nikki Love-McIntyre, of Swansea, Ill., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Love-McIntyre, who has worked at the hospital for nearly 8 years, had a double kidney transplant completed in October 2015 after being diagnosed with end-stage renal disease 鈥撯�撀爐he failure of her kidneys 鈥撯�撀燼s a complication of Type 1 Diabetes. 鈥淚t was just terrifying,鈥� she said of the diagnosis while emphasizing the need to listen to your body. 鈥淚f something is going on, it鈥檚 going on for a reason. Don鈥檛 not go to the doctor or think it鈥檒l go away or [say] I鈥檒l go if it gets worse.鈥�](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8d911d0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4486x2499+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2c%2F00%2F019cf95b463fbc58fc4ec1e2d6f5%2F10012021-bm-kidney-disparity-5.jpg)
