Kidney Transplant Informative Speech

Introduction
A kidney transplant is surgery to replace one of your child’s kidneys with a kidney from another person (donor kidney). Your child may need a kidney transplant if no other treatment can restore health to the kidneys. Kidney transplant is a major surgery. You and your child will work with a team of health care providers (transplant team) to help your child prepare for the procedure and recover.
A donor kidney may come from a living person, or it may come from someone who has died and donated his or her kidney. Your child may be put on a waiting list for the donation, and may get treatment with an artificial kidney (dialysis) during this time.
Tell a health care provider about:
Any allergies your child has.
All medicines your child …show more content…
Ask your child’s health care provider how your child’s surgical site will be marked or identified.
What happens during the procedure?
To lower your child’s risk of infection:
Your child’s health care team will wash or sanitize their hands.
Your child’s skin will be washed with soap.
An IV will be inserted into one of your child’s veins.
Your child will be given a medicine to make him or her fall asleep (general anesthetic). Your child may also be given:
A medicine to help him or her relax (sedative).
Antibiotic medicine.
A small, thin tube will be inserted into your child's bladder to drain urine during and after surgery (urinary catheter).
Where exactly the kidney is placed depends on your child's size. Small children may have the new kidney placed deeper inside their abdomen (in the abdominal cavity). Larger children may have the new kidney placed under the muscles and skin above their hip. If the new kidney will be placed in the abdominal cavity:
An incision will be made in the center of the abdomen.
The abdomen will be opened.
The blood vessels of the new kidney will be sewn onto blood vessels inside the …show more content…
If the new kidney will be placed above the hip:
An incision will be made on your child’s side, just above the hip bone.
Muscles under the skin will be opened.
The blood vessels of the new kidney will be sewn onto blood vessels outside of the abdomen.
The ureter will be sewn into the bladder.
Usually, a child’s old kidneys will not be removed. They will be left in their normal position.
A tube may be placed near the new kidney to drain excess fluids from the surgical area (surgical drain).
Your child's incision will be closed with stitches (sutures) or staples and covered with a bandage (dressing).
The procedure may vary among health care providers and hospitals.
What happens after the procedure?
Your child’s blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood oxygen level will be monitored until the medicines he or she was given have worn off.
Your child will be given medicines that help:
Relieve pain.
Prevent rejection of the new kidney.
Your child may continue to have:
An IV providing nutrition and fluids. This may be removed after a few days, when your child can start eating a normal

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