📋 How to Be a Caregiver for an Organ Transplant Recipient (AARP Article)

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How to Be a Caregiver for Someone in Need of an Organ Transplant.

Patient advocacy, hands-on care and emotional support before and after surgery are critical to a successful outcome.

By Barbara Mantel, AARP. Published October 21, 2024.

When Ricky Dessen, 61, of New York City, first started experiencing shortness of breath four years ago, he thought his seasonal allergies were acting up. But the usual steroid prescription did not help, and his wife Flo, 60, watched helplessly as his condition worsened. Specialists could not pinpoint a cause.

“He just kept deteriorating and getting weaker,” she says. By February 2023, Ricky needed full-time supplemental oxygen to breathe, and a lung transplant seemed like the only solution.

https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/health/info-2024/post-transplant-caregiver.html