Word: kidney
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First stop, the King's Head in Santa Monica. It's a British pub, a place where the smoke used to be as thick as kidney pie. Now there's scarcely a trace of it; in fact, the King's Head looks as if the patrons are waiting for the Queen to show up for tea and crumpets. "It's a bit ridiculous, if you ask me," says bartender Jane Myers, a Brit who wonders why Americans can't just let themselves go. "They'll come in here and order fish and chips and a diet Coke. Now, what...
...only did the couple split, but their parting has also culminated in a bizarre lawsuit filed against McNutt earlier this month by Zauhar and her brother John Dahl. The two are demanding more than $150,000 from the businessman, claiming that he accepted a lifesaving kidney from Dahl in exchange for a promise he did not keep: to love and care for Dorothy Zauhar always...
...months into the couple's courtship, McNutt, who suffered from a congenital kidney disorder, had begun dialysis treatment and learned that he would eventually need a kidney transplant. Zauhar was eager to donate one of her kidneys, but doctors determined she was not a medical match. By December 1994, after McNutt had presented Zauhar with a 3 1/2-carat, $21,500 engagement ring, Dahl stepped forward as a willing and suitable donor with a gentleman's understanding, Dahl says, that McNutt would buy him a life-insurance policy, give him money to compensate for the pay he'd lose while recovering...
...McNutt may wind up vindicated, but his reputation in Duluth is shredded. Sentiment in this small industrial city lies with the woman scorned. Says a local resident and friend of Zauhar's: "Dorothy would have cut off her right arm for him." Alas, he may have wanted only a kidney...
...medicine at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. "If you're in an automobile accident, and you need 100 units, you're down to one in 5,000." Even when donor blood is deemed safe, if blood of the wrong group is transfused by mistake, recipients may suffer kidney failure, shock and clotting difficulties. Differences between donor and recipient platelets, white cells and plasma proteins can also cause reactions. Even donating one's own blood for use during surgery can be hazardous if the blood is mishandled...