SEPTEMBER FESTIVAL SET FUND-RAISER FOR KIDNEY RESEARCH.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - He was their little miracle baby, one of the youngest and smallest kidney transplant kidney transplant or renal transplant Replacement of a diseased or damaged kidney with one from a living relative or a legally dead donor. The former's tissue type is more likely to match, reducing the chance of rejection; but removal puts the donor at risk, recipients ever - just 13 months and 20 pounds - when he received a kidney donated by his mother in May 2002. Now Ron and Annette Worthen watch their energetic 2-year-old son, Dylan, run around their Saugus home, grateful that the transplant surgery was successful and hoping to help other families with children suffering from kidney disease Kidney Disease Definition Kidney disease is a general term for any damage that reduces the functioning of the kidney. Kidney disease is also called renal disease. . Our Little Miracle's Festival, organized by Annette, will be a September Saturday of carnival games
Carnival Games is a video game for Nintendo's Wii console. It is published by Global Star Software, which is a division of Take-Two Interactive. , craft booths, raffles, food and entertainment, with part of the proceeds going to help area families with medical costs and part going to kidney disease research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as , where Dylan had his surgery. ``A lot of families can't afford the medications, the blood pressure machines, the trips to the dialysis machine,'' Worthen said. ``Insurance pays for some of these things, but then you're just stuck with the bill.'' Worthen learns about needy families through a group she founded, the Children's Kidney Disease Support Group, and from doctors at Cedars-Sinai, UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The money donated to Cedars-Sinai will be used for research, which Worthen hopes will result in better medications for kidney disease sufferers. ``I'm really into that, because hopefully some day the kids won't have to take anti-rejection medications every day, like Dylan does,'' she said. Dylan has made excellent progress since the surgery, but he will always have to be guarded from germs because of his delicate immune system immune system Cells, cell products, organs, and structures of the body involved in the detection and destruction of foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Immunity is based on the system's ability to launch a defense against such invaders. and he will never be able to play contact sports. The Worthens hope to steer him toward activities that are less physically exerting, like golf, but they are just happy that he survived and is doing well. Our Little Miracle's Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 6 in the outdoor park area at Mann Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. Park, 25104 Rye Canyon Loop, Valencia. There will be a small fee for carnival games and booths, and parking will cost $4. For information about the festival or the support group, call Worthen at (661) 297-0570. Sharon Cotal, (661) 257-5256 sharon.cotal(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in AV edition only) Kidney transplant recipient Dylan Worthen perches on mom Annette's lap, flanked by dad Ron, brother Travis and sister Irene. |
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