Show Transplant Patient Recovers A Trade Tech barbering student recently had a close sh shave ve A kidney disorder nearly killed Ross Weaver Miracle surgery saved his life and and now nov Ross has resumed the role of a barbering student Ross who vho is now nov 22 enrolled in inthe inthe inthe the barbering class in January 1965 He continued his training until until until un- un til classes were discontinued for forthe forthe forthe the summer vacation in May But when he tried to come back in September September September Sep Sep- his illness prevented it He had nausea headaches and dizzy spells Each day brought Ross closer to death and something had to be done A kidney transplant could save him but who vho would donate a kidney Each n normal human is born with two kidneys and can live comfortably comfortably comfort comfort- ably ly with only one Ross Ross' mother stepped forward to offer one of hers for a transplant operation She She and Ross went to UCLA Medical School but the doctors said Mrs Weaver would not be an ideal donor They sent Ross home horre to to wait until a kidney was avail avail- able ble They said they would call him In In- February the telephone at Ross' Ross home in Ogden rang That was vas the call Soon he was off for Los Angeles and a date with the surgeons He underwent five hours of surgery surgery sur sur- gery ery April 9 Afterward doctors were skeptical skeptical skeptical about the results Would Ross' Ross body reject the kidney The The natural natural natural natu natu- ral tendency is for a body to slough off any transplanted organ except in the case of tissue transplanted trans trans- planted lt d from one identical twin to the other I I They gave Ross medicine to counte counteract act the rejection tendency 1 and 14 days later his transplanted kidney idney began to function I 1 didn't start feeling better until three or four weeks after the surgery said Ross You see I 1 had been living on a no-meat no diet and Id I'd been eating mostly fruits and vegetables He said his first solid meal after the operation was ham and eggs I 1 really went down on the bacon bacon ba ba- ba- ba con too he recalled His legs were weak when he recovered recovered recovered re re- re- re covered enough to get out ott O t of f bed J u uJ J r J qt h VS k P J frh n rY ri va i r. r r y fy f r irs sJ I l M N y n AC s rrY 4 t r f A 4 3 v if iS y r tx yi AL y p pr r fA x 5 rS r r ryS r j rt rr x r. r i. i Yi J r 4 J 4 J Yi Y r r y f y l c J Ta r ly J. J 3 4 a 11 Jr h e M l J crY kirf n Y v rJ S i N CY r r t c r c r s t Gr it Jp i AnY r Nry 4 fr x y rj i ir r r c rM Ar kt s Sr ry f LS af f t r Y r. r y iii r Jy r r r n i w r v f. f y j tir l k 1 Sf C I s r. r hf J h f i f rY il Y i v n 1 y af Yn A. A Y r a Y r av rr 3 ta J. J hY Q V y t A yr y J v F l JY l. l J f l. l i A Y A Sl i JJ J A S Ross Weaver whose career at t Trade Tech was interrupted interrupt interrupt- ed by an appointment with a surgeon is back in class But he spent the past summer I riding bike-riding hiking exercising working with bees and swimming Ross has long been a swimming pool enthusiast Before his illness he rescued several persons while working as a at an Ogden municipal pool He returned to Trade Tech Sept 8 8 to finish his barbering training training The constant standing doesn t seem to bother Ross Rocs Ros He reports to the University of Utah Medical l Center frequently for tests to determine determine determine de de- de- de termine if his transplanted kidney is working well He said alls all's well so far Ross takes pills to fight off any attempts of his body to reject the transplanted kidney and they have i caused him to gain weight He said the dosage will soon I drop and so should his weight Ross is one of only a few ew hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred persons in the entire nation who vho have under undergone one a Do kidney transplant Asked if he had any doubts about about about a- a bout living through the ordeal Ross said I always kinda thought Id I'd make it |