Holtz Children's Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is among the country's elite when it comes to treating diabetes and endocrine disorders in children and providing intensive care to the tiniest babies according to U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Children's Hospitals."
Holtz was ranked 24th on the specialties list for diabetes and endocrine disorders and 25th for neonatal care.
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Cheryl Trinchetto, a 63-year-old mother of four boys, donated her kidney to her 29-year-old son just in time for Mother's Day. Adam Trinchetto was diagnosed with chronic glomerulonephritis at 4 years old. Glomerulonephritis is a condition that causes renal failure. Adam was put on peritoneal dialysis when he was 4-years-old for two weeks. Then, his kidney started working again. His kidneys have been monitored for the last 25 years.
Throughout last summer Adam was progressively feeling tired, his legs felt heavy and he had shortness of breath. In September 2009, he went in to see the doctor and had a complete blood test. Two days later the doctor called and told the family to get him to the emergency room immediately as he was in kidney failure. He was admitted and put on dialysis.
On Christmas Eve, they met with Dr. Warren Kupin, a UM/Jackson nephrologist, and he started the process of finding a donor. Finding a donor for Adam was challenging as his blood type is b-positive. His brothers and father wanted to be donors but they were not candidates because they had high blood pressure and potassium deficiency. His mother volunteered to be tested immediately and she was a match.
The UM/Jackson transplant team led by George W. Burke III, M.D., chief of Kidney and Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation, performed the transplant at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Both patients are doing well.
Cheryl Trinchetto gave her son life 29 years ago and on May 5th she gave him the gift of life again.