Kidney transplant: Chronicle of live tweets

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Kidney transplant: Chronicle of live tweets

Patient Dave Skelton and Dr. Stephen Rayhill invited media into the OR to document part of a 12-organ altruistic-donor chain
Elizabeth Hunter

Patient Dave Skelton received a donor kidney this week, transplanted by surgeon Stephen Rayhill. UW Medicine media representative Elizabeth Hunter live-tweeted updates before, during and after the three-hour procedure -- encapsulated in a Storify file.