It was at the University of Washington Medical Center, where it has evolved, that Nate Robinson suffered the transplant of a kidney, seven years after revealing that he suffered from kidney failure. Before him, Alonzo Mourning and Sean Elliott also received a new kidney, and they had even returned to the field after the operation.
Under dialysis since 2021, Nate Robinson was forced, three times a week, to go to a clinic in Seattle to follow her treatment.
A year ago, the former triple winner of the Slam Dunk Contest explained that his kidneys now only work 15% of their optimal capacity and that he had registered on the waiting list for a kidney transplant Washington's state, then in the whole country. After his testimony on ESPN, the University of Washington had received an avalanche of proposals from people ready to give it a kidney.
The number of potential donors has been reduced over the weeks to find the best possible correspondence, and Friday, he therefore received the kidney from a living donor. Last June, he said he was traumatized at the idea that a person could die by giving him a kidney.
“I even make nightmares. It's frightening. I would hate someone to give me a kidney and die because of that. It would hurt me so much that someone should die so that I live. I don't know if I'm ready for that. In my dreams, family members give me a kidney and they all die. It destroys me. »»
In France, the Living donor has a blood link or emotional with the recipient.
