When His Patient Couldn't Find a Kidney Donor, This Doctor Gave His: 'It's a Feeling That's Hard to Describe'
John Jartz and Dr. Aji Djamali.Photo: UW HealthDr. Aji Djamali was pacing back and forth in his living room one evening last October while talking to a former patient who has a rare blood type and was in dire need of a kidney donor.“We were just about at the end of our conversation when I told him, ‘I know someone with your blood type who might be interested in being your donor,'” Djamali informed 68-year-old John Jartz, who was facing a five-to-seven-year wait for a kidney from a cadaver donor....