RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 1 month agoCelebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenagerwww.whec.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkCelebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenagerwww.whec.comRSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWaterpumpee@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIf she’d be 100 by now then the kidney is too. She was 52 at transplantation in 1978. a kidney being 100 is nothing new as people age over 100 regularly. I guess its some combination of bio age, transplantation age which marks the record?
minus-squaretrebach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoRight. She was 52 when she donated it to her son and it’s been 48 years since the transplant date.
If she’d be 100 by now then the kidney is too. She was 52 at transplantation in 1978.
a kidney being 100 is nothing new as people age over 100 regularly. I guess its some combination of bio age, transplantation age which marks the record?
Right. She was 52 when she donated it to her son and it’s been 48 years since the transplant date.