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per the STrib:
Pat Micheletti, the former Gophers great and current local hockey analyst, is resting comfortably at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester after undergoing a kidney transplant this morning.
The kidney was donated by Micheletti’s 62-year-old brother, Jerry.
“It’s incredible,” said Alex Micheletti, Pat’s grateful 24-year-old son. “That’s unconditional love right there. He saved my dad’s life.”
Pat Micheletti, 51, discovered last fall that both of his kidneys were functioning at 13 percent, his brother, Tom, said Wednesday. In excruciating pain for the past five years, Pat thought he had hip issues.
“His wife [Kathi] and I made a deal with him,” said Tom Micheletti. “We said, ‘If this latest [cortisone] shot doesn’t do the trick, you’ve got to agree to go to Mayo.’ He’s been very ill and weighed about 130 pounds. He played at 180. Within the first few days of him being at Mayo, they diagnosed him.”
http://www.startribune.com/ex-gophe...plant-after-brother-donates-kidney/305233581/
Go Gophers!!
Pat Micheletti, the former Gophers great and current local hockey analyst, is resting comfortably at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester after undergoing a kidney transplant this morning.
The kidney was donated by Micheletti’s 62-year-old brother, Jerry.
“It’s incredible,” said Alex Micheletti, Pat’s grateful 24-year-old son. “That’s unconditional love right there. He saved my dad’s life.”
Pat Micheletti, 51, discovered last fall that both of his kidneys were functioning at 13 percent, his brother, Tom, said Wednesday. In excruciating pain for the past five years, Pat thought he had hip issues.
“His wife [Kathi] and I made a deal with him,” said Tom Micheletti. “We said, ‘If this latest [cortisone] shot doesn’t do the trick, you’ve got to agree to go to Mayo.’ He’s been very ill and weighed about 130 pounds. He played at 180. Within the first few days of him being at Mayo, they diagnosed him.”
http://www.startribune.com/ex-gophe...plant-after-brother-donates-kidney/305233581/
Go Gophers!!