Transplant

Jackie Zachmeyer ruminated on each word she penned in the letter. How does one define herself to people she’s never met? A sister. A daughter. An aunt. A wife. A godmother. A wish granter for children with medical needs. Jackie's note of gratitude to her donor family answered many questions. But the one question she couldn’t quite answer after her heart-lung transplant is why. As in, why was she still here?

After a bleak diagnosis and many twists and turns for Chase Fairbairn and his family, hope came in the form of a lifesaving heart transplant at Mayo Clinic five years ago.

Ann Arneson describes her journey to Mayo Clinic as “divine design.” Ann — a retired teacher, a leader in her church and ministry, mother, grandmother, and line dance enthusiast — is Mayo Clinic’s first bone marrow transplant patient to recover at home thanks to the new advanced care at home program.

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As a career military man, Chris Ryals was used to being physically active. The Air Force master sergeant regularly ran, visited the gym and [...]

After receiving a liver transplant, a retired firefighter finds joy by giving back.

Expansion taking place at Mayo Clinic will help more patients.

A clinical trial helps bring a patient a new lung.

Yasmin Mullings sat alone in her hospital room completing her advance directive. At 51, she had end-stage heart failure.

Andy Sandness develops deeper bonds with donor's family