Friday 15 April 2011

Transplant recipient holding bar mitzvah for his liver - Healthzone.ca

“Participating in organ transplants as a donor or a recipient is an important obligation for Jews,” she says.
Bialystok contracted hepatitis C as an infant when he was inoculated against smallpox in unsanitary conditions in his native Poland.
“I was at death’s door,” he says, referring to the time immediately prior to his 1998 transplant.
At the time, he suffered from muscle cramps that left him “writhing in agony,” severe fatigue, kidney problems and fluid retention.
The father of two and grandfather of three has always considered May 1 to be his “rebirthday.” So naturally the topic of his sermon at the bar mitzvah will be rebirth.
“People who have transplants have two birthdays,” he exclaims.

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