Girl adopted by nurse receives kidney transplant (Atlanta J


Ashley Echols-Dobbs, the little girl adopted by her pediatric nurse, got a kidney Thursday. A kidney from a 17-year-old deceased organ donor should give Ashley decades of reprieve from dialysis. Most kidney transplants do not last a lifetime, said Camille Echols, Ashley's mother. But worrying about what might be needed 20 years from now was not going to get in the way of celebrating Thursday's ...

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