Comments on: Teenager with Four Kidneys http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/ The Neat Side of the Web Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:05:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Eve http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-455039 Eve Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:17:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-455039 My daughter has 2 on her left side and none on her right. Found out when one ruptured. I find it strangely comforting that so many people share similar oddities. My daughter has 2 on her left side and none on her right. Found out when one ruptured. I find it strangely comforting that so many people share similar oddities.

]]> By: Holly http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-452186 Holly Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:04:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-452186 http://www.matchingdonors.com/ http://www.matchingdonors.com/

]]> By: Rohin http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451813 Rohin Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:35:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451813 That's nothing. I had a patient with one and a half livers, three spleens, a heart on her right hand side and three kidneys. She was essentially fine. I wish I had a few more eyes. Or a million fingers. That’s nothing. I had a patient with one and a half livers, three spleens, a heart on her right hand side and three kidneys. She was essentially fine.

I wish I had a few more eyes. Or a million fingers.

]]> By: schnitzelboi http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451729 schnitzelboi Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:50:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451729 Now that she knows she has four kidneys, the question is whether or not all of them are functional. In a lot of cases, extra kidneys are dysfunctional or inactive. All three of mine happen to be up and running, but what about all of hers? I'd be glad to hear if all of hers were fine, too, which would mean that she really could donate those kidneys after all. Now that she knows she has four kidneys, the question is whether or not all of them are functional. In a lot of cases, extra kidneys are dysfunctional or inactive. All three of mine happen to be up and running, but what about all of hers? I’d be glad to hear if all of hers were fine, too, which would mean that she really could donate those kidneys after all.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451589 anonymous Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:41:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451589 mucho respect yo. mucho respect yo.

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451453 Ali S. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:32:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451453 Well, at least it something happens to a family member or friend who requires a kidney transplant she'll be (hopefully) the first one to step up. Well, at least it something happens to a family member or friend who requires a kidney transplant she’ll be (hopefully) the first one to step up.

]]> By: oldblackhen http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451376 oldblackhen Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:22:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451376 a friend of mine was born with 4 kidneys. doctors thought she had tumors or something for the first 2 years of her life. eventually they figured it out and realized she had 4 kidneys and that she was fine. a friend of mine was born with 4 kidneys. doctors thought she had tumors or something for the first 2 years of her life. eventually they figured it out and realized she had 4 kidneys and that she was fine.

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451336 just a guy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:41:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451336 @ Jennifer No, putting a kidney (or any organ) in someone else would not make their offspring more likely to have extra kidneys (or organs). with perhaps the possible exception of reproductive organs. If you wanted to promote extra kidneys, for example, you could take this girls ova and give them to many people who needed them to have kids (assuming she was for that, of course). Since her eggs would have her DNA, her kids might have extra kidneys (whether or not they grew in her uterus or someone else, they are still genetically her offspring). @ L It *might* be wise to hang onto them... she'd have a much better survival rate VS kidney failure, for sure. But AbbyJoy said, she probably will be fine with just 2, like everyone else. I think donating them is a lovely act. (also, donating or not, her kids could have them too, if it's a genetic mutation and not a just a birth 'defect'). Still... how nice would it be to have 2 hearts if you happen to suffer a heart attack in one of them...? @ Jennifer
No, putting a kidney (or any organ) in someone else would not make their offspring more likely to have extra kidneys (or organs). with perhaps the possible exception of reproductive organs. If you wanted to promote extra kidneys, for example, you could take this girls ova and give them to many people who needed them to have kids (assuming she was for that, of course). Since her eggs would have her DNA, her kids might have extra kidneys (whether or not they grew in her uterus or someone else, they are still genetically her offspring).

@ L
It *might* be wise to hang onto them… she’d have a much better survival rate VS kidney failure, for sure. But AbbyJoy said, she probably will be fine with just 2, like everyone else. I think donating them is a lovely act. (also, donating or not, her kids could have them too, if it’s a genetic mutation and not a just a birth ‘defect’).
Still… how nice would it be to have 2 hearts if you happen to suffer a heart attack in one of them…?

]]> By: Brian http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451248 Brian Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:54:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451248 My daugter has 3 kidneys. Thogh, the deal with her though is that the two on the same side are attached and about half the size of a regular one, so she should probably just hang on to hers. My daugter has 3 kidneys. Thogh, the deal with her though is that the two on the same side are attached and about half the size of a regular one, so she should probably just hang on to hers.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451160 Jennifer Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:50:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451160 @ just a guy So, we couldn't just farm additional kidneys by promoting this defect through transplanting the organs from people who have developed additional organs? @ just a guy

So, we couldn’t just farm additional kidneys by promoting this defect through transplanting the organs from people who have developed additional organs?

]]> By: alison http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451107 alison Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:12:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451107 Well that's pretty much the definition of selfless, good on her. Well that’s pretty much the definition of selfless, good on her.

]]> By: Steve http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451078 Steve Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:42:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451078 Dang, i'd hit her ! Dang, i’d hit her !

]]> By: AbbyJoy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451035 AbbyJoy Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:53:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-451035 No, because 2 is more than enough for a healthy person. I see no reason to Bogart extra kidneys when there are so many in need. Kudos to this young lady. I'd like to think we'd all do the same thing if we could. No, because 2 is more than enough for a healthy person. I see no reason to Bogart extra kidneys when there are so many in need. Kudos to this young lady. I’d like to think we’d all do the same thing if we could.

]]> By: L http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450933 L Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:57:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450933 If that's the case, just a guy, wouldn't it be wise to hang on to them? If that’s the case, just a guy, wouldn’t it be wise to hang on to them?

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450930 just a guy Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:52:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450930 @Jennifer inhereting an organ doesn't change your DNA, so it woudln't be passed on. Unless the kidney somehow had an *additional* mutation that caused it to alter the DNA in a person's reproductive cells (sperm/eggs). but that would be very odd. (a donated ovary, on the other hand, would be much more probable) Evolution is nothing but mutation, passed on into prevalence. Perhaps humans are starting to grow extra kidneys for a reason? To combat the chemicals/etc in our modern processed food? Something like that? @Jennifer

inhereting an organ doesn’t change your DNA, so it woudln’t be passed on. Unless the kidney somehow had an *additional* mutation that caused it to alter the DNA in a person’s reproductive cells (sperm/eggs). but that would be very odd. (a donated ovary, on the other hand, would be much more probable)

Evolution is nothing but mutation, passed on into prevalence. Perhaps humans are starting to grow extra kidneys for a reason? To combat the chemicals/etc in our modern processed food? Something like that?

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450917 Jennifer Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:18:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450917 But, an excess of organs - while cool because they are important organs - is a genetic defect right? So if she donates those kidneys then wouldn't the genetic defect be passed over? @ schnitzelboi - well, you could make the website yourself, be it's founder! But, an excess of organs - while cool because they are important organs - is a genetic defect right? So if she donates those kidneys then wouldn’t the genetic defect be passed over?

@ schnitzelboi - well, you could make the website yourself, be it’s founder!

]]> By: Orjans Morjan http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450912 Orjans Morjan Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:09:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450912 What a waste, she should sell them! What a waste, she should sell them!

]]> By: Cindy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450904 Cindy Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:00:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450904 That's pretty awesome - not often in life that someone can do something and know they have REALLY made a difference in someone else's life. That’s pretty awesome - not often in life that someone can do something and know they have REALLY made a difference in someone else’s life.

]]> By: schnitzelboi http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450897 schnitzelboi Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:44:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450897 There should definitely be some kind of social-networking site for people with multiple organs... I (or actually, all the males in my family) have three kidneys myself, and would like to meet people like this. Hooray! There should definitely be some kind of social-networking site for people with multiple organs… I (or actually, all the males in my family) have three kidneys myself, and would like to meet people like this.

Hooray!

]]> By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450882 CheeseDuck Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:18:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/teenager-with-four-kidneys/#comment-450882 That's great! That’s great!

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