{"id":74040,"date":"2023-04-07T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T14:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joanpa.com\/2023\/04\/esta-medica-de-chicago-dono-su-rinon-a-una-mujer-de-virginia-que-nunca-habia-visto-esta-es-su-historia\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T09:30:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T14:30:43","slug":"esta-medica-de-chicago-dono-su-rinon-a-una-mujer-de-virginia-que-nunca-habia-visto-esta-es-su-historia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanpa.com\/?p=74040","title":{"rendered":"Esta m\u00e9dica de Chicago don\u00f3 su ri\u00f1\u00f3n a una mujer de Virginia que nunca hab\u00eda visto. Esta es su historia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"storyfull__gallery\"><figcaption>La bioimpresi\u00f3n de \u00f3rganos en 3D podr\u00eda ser posible en una d\u00e9cada <span class=\"caption--duration\">1:42<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><strong>(CNN) &#8212;<\/strong> M\u00e1s de 90.000 personas en Estados Unidos esperan una donaci\u00f3n de ri\u00f1\u00f3n, pero la Dra. Aleksandra Gmurczyk ayud\u00f3 a sacar a dos personas de la lista de espera al donar su propio ri\u00f1\u00f3n a Ginger, una mujer a la que no conoc\u00eda, y poner en marcha una donaci\u00f3n de ri\u00f1\u00f3n emparejado.<\/p>\n<p>La donaci\u00f3n renal pareada o combinada se produce cuando una persona est\u00e1 dispuesta a donar un ri\u00f1\u00f3n a alguien que lo necesita pero \u00e9l mismo no es compatible, por lo que se intercambia el receptor con otro donante.<\/p>\n<p>En este caso, el ri\u00f1\u00f3n de Gmurczyk fue donado en febrero a Ginger, que ten\u00eda unos ri\u00f1ones \u00abdif\u00edciles de compatibilizar\u00bb. Gary, el marido de Ginger, no era compatible con su mujer. As\u00ed que don\u00f3 su ri\u00f1\u00f3n a un paciente de Northwestern Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Ginger y Gary pidieron que no se divulgara su apellido.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abMe alegro mucho de conocerte\u00bb, dijo Gmurczyk, nefr\u00f3loga y profesora asociada de Northwestern Medicine, cuando conoci\u00f3 a Ginger en una rueda de prensa este jueves. \u00abMe alegro mucho de que te hayan dado mi ri\u00f1\u00f3n, y puedo decir que vas a cuidarlo muy bien\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abNo quer\u00eda donar espec\u00edficamente a una persona\u00bb, declar\u00f3 Gmurczyk a CNN, y a\u00f1adi\u00f3 que con el intercambio renal emparejado sent\u00eda que ten\u00eda la oportunidad de ayudar a m\u00e1s personas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1372087\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1372087\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1372087 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"La Dra. Aleksandra Gmurczyk, nefr\u00f3loga del Northwestern Memorial Hospital y donante de ri\u00f1\u00f3n.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?quality=100&amp;strip=info\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=300,170 300w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=1024,577 1024w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=1536,865 1536w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=700,393 700w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=105,60 105w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=130,74 130w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=140,80 140w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=175,98 175w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=220,125 220w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=250,140 250w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=257,145 257w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=273,153 273w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=352,199 352w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=380,215 380w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=384,216 384w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=414,233 414w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=447,252 447w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=460,260 460w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=580,326 580w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=940,530 940w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=1080,609 1080w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=1100,620 1100w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1372087\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1372087 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?quality=100&amp;strip=info\" alt=\"La Dra. Aleksandra Gmurczyk, nefr\u00f3loga del Northwestern Memorial Hospital y donante de ri\u00f1\u00f3n.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=300,170 300w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=1024,577 1024w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=1536,865 1536w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=700,393 700w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=105,60 105w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=130,74 130w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=140,80 140w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=175,98 175w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=220,125 220w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=250,140 250w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=257,145 257w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=273,153 273w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=352,199 352w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=380,215 380w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=384,216 384w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=414,233 414w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=447,252 447w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=460,260 460w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=580,326 580w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=800,450 800w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=940,530 940w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=1080,609 1080w, https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/donacion-de-rinon.jpg?resize=1100,620 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1372087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Dra. Aleksandra Gmurczyk, nefr\u00f3loga del Northwestern Memorial Hospital y donante de ri\u00f1\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>De acuerdo a los Institutos Nacionales de Salud, en 2020 se realizaron 22.817 trasplantes de ri\u00f1\u00f3n en Estados Unidos por afecciones como una enfermedad de ri\u00f1ones o insuficiencia renal. En promedio, un paciente tarda entre tres y cinco a\u00f1os en encontrar un donante de ri\u00f1\u00f3n compatible, seg\u00fan la Fundaci\u00f3n Nacional del Ri\u00f1\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>No es la primera vez que un m\u00e9dico dona un ri\u00f1\u00f3n a un paciente. Seg\u00fan Maine Health, el Dr. Aji Djamali, jefe del Departamento de Medicina del Centro M\u00e9dico de Maine, don\u00f3 su ri\u00f1\u00f3n a un paciente el a\u00f1o pasado.<\/p>\n<p>En 2002, la Dra. Susan Hou, nefr\u00f3loga del Hospital Michael Reese, del Centro M\u00e9dico de la Universidad Rush y del Centro M\u00e9dico de la Universidad Loyola, don\u00f3 su ri\u00f1\u00f3n a un paciente, seg\u00fan el Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Pero el objetivo de Gmurczyk era donar para ayudar a educar a los pacientes.<\/p>\n<p>A menudo atiende a pacientes con insuficiencia renal, lo que hace que sus ri\u00f1ones sean incapaces de filtrar los residuos y toxinas del torrente sangu\u00edneo. Muchos se someten a di\u00e1lisis, un tratamiento agotador que ayuda a eliminar los residuos y el exceso de l\u00edquido de la sangre.<\/p>\n<p>Aunque el tratamiento var\u00eda dependiendo las caracter\u00edsticas de cada caso, la di\u00e1lisis suele realizarse en sesiones de cuatro horas tres veces por semana, seg\u00fan la Fundaci\u00f3n Nacional del Ri\u00f1\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abEs como un trabajo a tiempo parcial\u00bb, afirma Gmurczyk. \u00abEs estresante y triste, los pacientes se sienten aislados y solos. Muchos trabajan, pero otros tantos no pueden\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Antes del trasplante, Ginger estaba haciendo un tratamiento de di\u00e1lisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abAyer hace dos a\u00f1os que empec\u00e9 la di\u00e1lisis\u00bb, dijo Ginger. \u00abUna o dos semanas antes de recibir el trasplante&#8230; empec\u00e9 a empeorar\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>A pesar de la larga lista de personas que esperan una donaci\u00f3n, algunos de sus pacientes siguen recelosos de someterse a un trasplante por cuestiones como la desconfianza en el sistema sanitario o los requisitos para la donaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Hace nueve a\u00f1os, Gmurczyk empez\u00f3 a pensar en c\u00f3mo pod\u00eda hacer cambiar de opini\u00f3n a esas personas. Decidi\u00f3 donar uno de sus ri\u00f1ones para aumentar la confianza en el procedimiento y animar a otros a donar.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abLa raz\u00f3n por la que quise donar es que&#8230; puedo acudir a ellos y decirles: &#8216;He donado mi ri\u00f1\u00f3n, y creo que las personas que reciben un trasplante de ri\u00f1\u00f3n viven m\u00e1s tiempo y m\u00e1s sanas, y tanto creo en esto que he donado&#8217; \u00ab, explica.<\/p>\n<p>Gmurczyk afirma que las donaciones de ri\u00f1\u00f3n de personas vivas suelen empezar a funcionar inmediatamente y pueden funcionar el doble de tiempo que las de donantes fallecidos: de 15 a 20 a\u00f1os frente a 10 o 12 a\u00f1os, respectivamente.<\/p>\n<p>Ella pidi\u00f3 formar parte de un grupo de donaci\u00f3n, lo que dio lugar al modelo de ri\u00f1\u00f3n emparejado.<\/p>\n<p>Tras ser emparejada con Ginger en Virginia, el proceso de donaci\u00f3n de Gmurczyk transcurri\u00f3 de forma t\u00edpica, con pruebas de la funci\u00f3n renal y ex\u00e1menes abdominales para encontrar el ri\u00f1\u00f3n m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o, que es el que finalmente se dona.<\/p>\n<p>Su equipo m\u00e9dico estaba formado por otro nefr\u00f3logo, un farmac\u00e9utico, un cirujano, un trabajador social y un defensor del donante.<\/p>\n<p>Los defensores de los donantes trabajan para garantizar que no se les coaccione ni se les pague para someterse al procedimiento. Los trabajadores sociales ayudan al donante a establecer el mejor apoyo social para asegurarse de que sean cuidados en su casa tras la intervenci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abLas personas que reciben un trasplante necesitan una persona de apoyo social, y muchas ni siquiera tienen una persona que les ayude despu\u00e9s del trasplante\u00bb, dijo Gmurczyk.<\/p>\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de la operaci\u00f3n y de pasar la noche en el hospital, una amiga vino a ayudarla a volver a casa, pero Gmurczyk se sent\u00eda lo bastante bien como para caminar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1372089\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1372089\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1372089 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" 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Aleksandra Gmurczyk, en el centro, se re\u00fane con la mujer a la que don\u00f3 su ri\u00f1\u00f3n en una rueda de prensa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00abPude cuidar de mi perro al d\u00eda siguiente\u00bb, dijo. \u00abLo hac\u00eda todo por m\u00ed misma\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Se tom\u00f3 dos semanas de licencia y no tuvo problemas para volver.<\/p>\n<p>Su decisi\u00f3n de donar ya ha valido la pena, seg\u00fan afirma. 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