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Advances in Transplant Medicine Make First Mother’s Day a Reality for Parents of Twins

Published in Drug Week, May 25th, 2007

When five-month-old twins Isabella and Giovanni Velasco celebrate Mother’s Day with their mom this year, they’ll no doubt be unimpressed by the advances in medicine that made her pregnancy and their entire family’s good health possible. But their parents and physicians know better.

For starters, both parents are kidney transplant recipients. Dad Johnny Velasco received a transplanted kidney as a teenager, and mom Norma Ponce became a kidney transplant recipient seven years ago. But that’s only the beginning of the medical miracles responsible for the good fortune of this young Irvine, Ca. family.

“Having a transplanted kidney and carrying twins...

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Source: Drug Week (2007-05-25)

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