{"id":3369,"date":"2014-03-03T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T09:13:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:13:49","slug":"patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

\n

Almost a week into her post-kidney transplant life, 9-year-old Evie Wentz is gritting through the surgical pain with Disney movies, Harry Potter books and a steady regimen of blowing bubbles.<\/p>\n

The Whispering Pines girl received a kidney from 31-year-old Jennifer Trapp of Sanford last Tuesday. Both Wentz and Trapp weathered the surgery, conducted at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, but Evie ran a slight fever for the first couple of days afterward.<\/p>\n

The Sandhills Farm Life fourth-grader has needed a kidney transplant the last two years. She was diagnosed with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and hospitalized in December 2012 for almost three months for acute kidney failure. Since then, she has been on dialysis, conducted at night by her parents while she sleeps.<\/p>\n

Trapp stepped forward as a possible donor last summer after hearing about Evie\u2019s plight. Her husband, Tim Trapp, was at the hospital Tuesday while her kidney was removed and told a family spokesman the process was \u201cnerve racking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has always wanted me to take her on a cruise,\u201d he said. \u201cI am definitely taking her on a cruise after this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the surgery, Evie complained of soreness from the incision and ran a slight fever, her father Tyler Wentz wrote on a blog updating his daughter\u2019s medical odyssey.<\/p>\n

Medical tests are showing Evie\u2019s new kidney working well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re keeping a close eye on (the fever,)\u201d he wrote, \u201cbut it hasn\u2019t increased, so our collective paranoia is diminishing.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvie had done well enough during the day yesterday that in the evening she was transferred out of (intensive care) to the regular floor of the children’s hospital! This was at least a day earlier than we thought it would happen. Before bed, I helped Evie take tiny shuffle steps from her hospital bed to the bathroom. It was hard for her to do, but she was determined.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help keep her lungs in proper working order and prevent post-surgical pneumonia, doctors have ordered Evie to blow soap bubbles. The family posted a photo of the girl doing just that in her hospital bed.<\/p>\n

In addition, while in the hospital, Evie has been watching Disney movies, including \u201cFantasia,\u201d and reading \u201cHarry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fund raising to help defray post surgical expenses is continuing through the Children\u2019s Organ Transplant Association. The family is trying to raise $45,000 and currently has a bit over $27,000.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, some of Evie\u2019s school peers received a $500 check from the Kiwanis of the Sandhills chapter to aid the cause of Evie and another student who also is suffering an illness.<\/p>\n

Donations may also be mailed to the Children\u2019s Organ Transplant Association, 2501 West COTA Drive, Bloomington, Indiana, 47403. Checks or money orders should be made payable to COTA, with \u201cIn Honor of Evie W\u201d written on the memo line of the check.<\/p>\n

Tyler Wentz said the average kidney transplant lasts five to 10 years. A transplant is cheaper than continued dialysis, he said, and \u201cmost importantly,\u201d provides a better quality of life for the patient.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Almost a week into her post-kidney transplant life, 9-year-old Evie Wentz is gritting through the surgical pain with Disney movies, Harry Potter books and a steady regimen of blowing bubbles. The Whispering Pines girl received a kidney from 31-year-old Jennifer \u2026 Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17295,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26],"featured-item":[],"class_list":["post-3369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-26","odd"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPatient Recovering After Kidney Transplant | Department of Surgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant | Department of Surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Almost a week into her post-kidney transplant life, 9-year-old Evie Wentz is gritting through the surgical pain with Disney movies, Harry Potter books and a steady regimen of blowing bubbles. The Whispering Pines girl received a kidney from 31-year-old Jennifer \u2026 Continued\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Surgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCSurgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-03T19:05:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-13T14:13:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UNCSurgery\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNCSurgery\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-03T19:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-13T14:13:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/\"},\"wordCount\":515,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"2014\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/\",\"name\":\"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant | Department of Surgery\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-03T19:05:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-13T14:13:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Surgery\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNC Department of Surgery\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/10\/Surgery_logo_rgb_h-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/10\/Surgery_logo_rgb_h-2.png\",\"width\":982,\"height\":151,\"caption\":\"UNC Department of Surgery\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCSurgery\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNCSurgery\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_xk4OA3D-_j4oQz5b1IjgA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant | Department of Surgery","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant | Department of Surgery","og_description":"Almost a week into her post-kidney transplant life, 9-year-old Evie Wentz is gritting through the surgical pain with Disney movies, Harry Potter books and a steady regimen of blowing bubbles. The Whispering Pines girl received a kidney from 31-year-old Jennifer \u2026 Continued","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/","og_site_name":"Department of Surgery","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCSurgery","article_published_time":"2014-03-03T19:05:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-01-13T14:13:49+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UNCSurgery","twitter_site":"@UNCSurgery","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant","datePublished":"2014-03-03T19:05:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-13T14:13:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/"},"wordCount":515,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#organization"},"keywords":["2014"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/","name":"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant | Department of Surgery","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-03-03T19:05:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-13T14:13:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/patient-recovering-after-kidney-transplant\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Patient Recovering After Kidney Transplant"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/","name":"Department of Surgery","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#organization","name":"UNC Department of Surgery","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/10\/Surgery_logo_rgb_h-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/854\/2018\/10\/Surgery_logo_rgb_h-2.png","width":982,"height":151,"caption":"UNC Department of Surgery"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCSurgery","https:\/\/x.com\/UNCSurgery","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_xk4OA3D-_j4oQz5b1IjgA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/author\/"}]}},"featured_image":false,"featured_image_medium":false,"featured_image_medium_large":false,"featured_image_large":false,"featured_image_thumbnail":false,"featured_image_alt":false,"category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[{"name":"2014","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/tag\/2014\/"}],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3369"},{"taxonomy":"featured-item","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-item?post=3369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}