Column: Chicago couple undergoes state’s first kidney transplant between HIV-positive patients. ‘They are really pioneers.’

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date April 12, 2021, 3:01 p.m.
Last Updated April 12, 2021, 3:01 p.m.
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Al Morales learned he needed a new kidney in late 2017. He had a seizure around Halloween that year that left him blind in one eye, and a series of tests revealed chronic kidney disease. “At this point I was thinking I’m out of hope,” Morales, 49, said. “Who’s going to donate a kidney to me?” Adve...