As told to Shannon Shelton MillerMy own story really starts with my mom’s health journey. She had been very ill as a child and no one could figure out what was wrong with her. In March 1979, she underwent one of the first kidney transplants completed in the United States. Her healthcare providers (HCPs) were shocked when she got pregnant not long after the transplant. Many people in her life were afraid the pregnancy would kill her, but my father eventually took her from our home near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Houston, to see her kidney transplant doctor, who eventually became my godfather. H...
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