Garn Undergoes Tests to See If Daughter Can Use His Kidney
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SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Jake Garn, 53, entered a hospital today for tests to determine his suitability as a kidney donor for his daughter, a diabetic who suffers from progressive kidney failure, officials said.
The senator’s daughter, Susan Garn Horne, 27, is being treated at Georgetown Hospital in Washington, D.C., which is where the surgery would take place, press secretary Laurie Snow said from Washington.
Garn had said earlier that either he or his son could be the donor. But Snow said that if there is going to be a donor, it would be the senator.
Garn entered the University of Utah Health Sciences Center this morning and was expected to remain there most of the day.
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