The next morning, both were doing well and preparing to return home later in the week. Quinten Hogan makes sure his mom, Tawanna Davis, is doing well following surgery June 28 in which Hogan gave his mom his left kidney. вЂњThis momentous occasion being a living donor makes me feel very positive and hopeful for the future. вЂњIt was beautiful,вЂќ Koller said of the transplant. вЂњIвЂ™ve got more spunk in me knowing that I have a child who wanted to donate a kidney,вЂќ she said. Davis was discharged July 1, with her stay shorter than many patients who receive a deceased donor transplant. Hogan was well enough to leave the hospital barely two days after his surgery. He let us know that heвЂ™d made his mind up. вЂњWe questioned him to make sure he wanted to do it. We were all in tears,вЂќ Davis said of family members that include her husband, Spencer Davis. вЂњI was afraid there might be some small thing wrong with me. Anderson removed HoganвЂ™s left kidney for implantation into HoganвЂ™s mom, Tawanna Davis. He was scared that he wouldnвЂ™t be a match.ДЄnderson checks in with Quinten Hogan before they go to the OR.

Hogan, who graduated from Pearl River Community College and attended Mississippi State University, wasnвЂ™t scared to have the surgery. Without a doubt, I put myself on the line to give her a kidney.вЂќ вЂњWe threw it up in the air once or twice, but she always said it would be the last option unless push comes to shove. It really wasnвЂ™t a tough decision,вЂќ Hogan said. вЂњI had my mind made up a year and a half ago. In October 2021, he decided to get bloodwork done to determine if heвЂ™d be a match to give Davis a kidney. Hogan, who now lives in Atlanta, had been watching his momвЂ™s health. Koller, right, lifts the left kidney of live donor Quinten Hogan from a cold solution before transplanting it into the abdomen of HoganвЂ™s mom, Tawanna Davis. вЂњYou could tell by the way I was breathing that I was tired,вЂќ she said. After her release, she began dialysis in Waynesboro for three and a half hours, three times a week.Дavis, who copes with multiple sclerosis, didnвЂ™t always feel well. It was December 2021 when Davis, a former corrections officer who battled hypertension and diabetes for years, was hospitalized at UMMC for 11 days. Some recipients have received more than one organ, or half of a liver split between two persons.

UMMC also has transplanted approximately 356 livers, 338 hearts, 11 lungs and 49 pancreases. Before, during and after surgery, patients receive care from a plethora of providers and departments, too many to name.ДavisвЂ™ kidney is among the 2,246 transplanted at the Medical Center. But, Anderson, Koller and UMMCвЂ™s other transplant surgeons donвЂ™t do it alone. Koller transplanted into DavisвЂ™ abdomen a kidney donated by DavisвЂ™ son, Quinten Hogan.ДЇrom start to finish, the combined procedures took about eight hours. Koller, associate professor of transplant surgery, reassures Tawanna Davis just before sheвЂ™s rolled to surgery. James Hardy performed the worldвЂ™s first human lung transplant. Not only did 45-year-old Davis get a second chance at life, she and her son made history at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.ДЇrom left, Tawanna Davis, son Quinten Hogan and HoganвЂ™s stepdad, Spencer Davis, savor a group hug before Hogan was taken to surgery for removal of his left kidney to be donated to his mom.Дavis received the 3,000th organ transplanted at the stateвЂ™s sole academic medical center andВ transplant program. On June 28, her 25-year-old son and only child, Quinten Hogan, made that possible when his left kidney was nestled into his momвЂ™s abdomen. When her kidney failure got to the point that Tawanna Davis was attached to a dialysis machine three times a week, she knew the next step was a transplant.

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