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Hurricane Irma Aftermath: VA opens beds to nursing home residents

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After eight died in a nursing home sans air conditioning, the Veteran Affairs is offering its surplus beds to nursing home residents in need after Hurricane Irma.
How a restaurant owner fed hundreds of people breakfast hours after Irma Aerial view of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma City of Miami Beach employees help clean up the parks Number of dead increases at nursing home without AC Eight die in nursing home in Irma aftermath Tom Sanchez, police chief for Hollywood Talks Wednesday’s morning sept 13,2017 about eight deaths at the Rehabilitation center at Hollywood hills. The deaths may be attributed to the loss of AC due to the Hurricane Irma Tom Sanchez, police chief for Hollywood Talks Wednesday’s morning sept 13,2017 about eight deaths at the Rehabilitation center at Hollywood hills. The deaths may be attributed to the loss of AC due to the Hurricane Irma
Tom Sanchez, police chief for Hollywood Talks Wednesday’s morning sept 13,2017 about eight deaths at the Rehabilitation center at Hollywood hills. The deaths may be attributed to the loss of AC due to the Hurricane Irma

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Japan, North Korea, Kuala Lumpur: Your Friday Briefing

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Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Good morning.
Here’s what you need to know:
• President Trump said that he supported legislation that would protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation, confirming an agreement first announced by Democratic leaders.
Condemnation erupted from members of his party in Congress, his most steadfast boosters on talk radio and the grass roots. “At this point, who doesn’ t want Trump impeached?” tweeted the conservative writer Ann Coulter.
And new details emerged about how Mr. Trump humiliated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in May, after learning that a special counsel would investigate links between his campaign and Russia.
Above, Mr. Trump visited hurricane-ravaged Florida. He is scheduled to speak to Jewish leaders today, ahead of the High Holy Days, despite frictions with many American Jews.
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• Since 2015, as many as 211 fires have been recorded in Malaysia at private Quran schools, which are not subject to routine government inspection.
The latest took a grievous toll. Investigators said barred windows may have prevented escape as flames tore through one such school in Kuala Lumpur, killing 22 teenage boys and two teachers.
“I heard their screams and cries but I could not do anything, ” a neighbor said. “The fire was too strong.” Above, the parents of a victim.
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• In a far-reaching crackdown, Saudi Arabia detained at least 16 people over the past week, including clerics, a poet, a journalist and even a prince.
The kingdom is centralizing power under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 32, above, who pushed his way to the top of the line of succession this year and has urged sweeping changes to reduce dependence on oil.
Some see the possibility that the arrests are meant to smooth a transition should King Salman abdicate.
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• Amid drought and a “very bad harvest, ” the U. N. warned of food shortages in North Korea. And South Korea tested a stealth missile.
But the growing fears of nuclear war have not stopped Antonio Inoki, above, a Japanese wrestler turned lawmaker who just visited the North, as he does every year.
His stated aim is “peace through sports diplomacy, ” but critics see mere self-promotion.
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• Ai Miyazato, the former No. 1 women’s golfer, is teeing up in France for a foreshortened final tournament. The Evian Championship lost a day to bad weather.
The widely beloved Miyazato, 32, has been called “the most likable person out here.”
The New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko paid tribute to her powerful impact on golf, “not only in Japan, but in the women’s game, too.”
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• A major Bitcoin exchange in China will shut down at the end of the month as the government moves to curb digital currencies.
• A largely empty $209 million airport in Sri Lanka stands as a symbol of China’s debt-fueled global influence .
• Volkswagen’s problems with Takata airbags prompted a recall of almost 5 million vehicles in China .
• A U. S. judge revoked Martin Shkreli’s bail, sending the former pharmaceutical executive to jail after he offered $5,000 to anyone who could “grab a hair” from Hillary Clinton.
• We spoke with a U. S. trader who’s betting millions that stock markets will crash .
• U. S. stocks were mixed. Here’s a snapshot of global markets.
• Two people died and three were missing after a tanker and a dredger collided in the Singapore Strait. [Channel News Asia]
• Typhoon Doksuri is bearing down on Vietnam, prompting orders for as many as 100,000 people to evacuate. [Weather Underground]
• Good news: Snow leopards were upgraded from endangered status. They’ re now “vulnerable.” [The Associated Press]
• Chinese navigational satellites set for launch this month may beat GPS with millimeter precision. [South China Morning Post]
• An Islamic State convoy stuck in the Syrian desert was said to have crossed into ISIS territory despite a vow by the American-led coalition to trap it. [The New York Times]
• Money-laundering concerns have spread from the Commonwealth Bank to all of Australia’s major banks, and some mid-size ones as well. [Sydney Morning Herald]
• Pakistan ordered the aid organization Doctors Without Borders to leave impoverished tribal areas that border Afghanistan. [The New York Times]
• Coulrophobia — fear of clowns — swept Australia after a Facebook post called for nighttime gatherings of clowns in the streets. [The New York Times]
• Basi, the oldest panda in captivity, died in China at age 37. [The Standard]
• “Who steals a house?” A “tiny home” prototype was towed more than 900 miles across Australia before it was recovered. [The New York Times]
Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life.
• Here are five cheap (ish) essentials for your bathroom .
• Not a kale fan? A warm salad with coconut and tomato might convince you otherwise.
• NASA’s Cassini space probe is expected to vaporize as it dips toward Saturn today, moving so fast that just a few molecules from the atmosphere will be enough to rip it apart. We’ ve compiled 100 of the best images it sent back during its 20-year mission. Above, Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Test your Cassini knowledge with our quiz.
• “The Vietnam War”: A 10-episode series by the U. S. documentary team Ken Burns and Lynn Novick will be streamable starting on Sunday in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. Our reviewer says its powerful first-person narratives drive home the waste of a war undertaken out of Cold War miscalculations and American overconfidence.
• One of our most-read articles today is a breathtaking story of redemption: a woman who became a historian while serving more than 20 years for the murder of her 4-year-old son. It’s also a story of rejection. Harvard canceled her admission over concerns that she’ d underplayed her crime.
It’s one of the most famous movie images of all time: Marilyn Monroe standing astride a subway vent and laughing as her white dress billows above her waist.
That scene, from “ The Seven Year Itch, ” was shot on this day in 1954 at around 1 a.m. on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Billy Wilder, the director, had invited the media to drum up buzz for the film. The famous breeze came from a fan placed under the subway grate.
Off camera, that night was hardly comedy. Hundreds of gawkers, mostly men, showed up on the set and heckled Ms. Monroe. Her husband, Joe DiMaggio, also showed up and was infuriated. She filed for divorce weeks later.
Photographs from that night appeared everywhere, but the film footage was never used. Mr. Wilder reshot the scene on a Hollywood lot. (The Times found other footage of that night in New York, and wrote about it in January .)
Ms. Monroe died eight years later after an overdose of sleeping pills. Mr. DiMaggio sent fresh flowers to her grave twice a week for the rest of his life.
Charles McDermid contributed reporting.
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Former CIA chief leaves Harvard after Chelsea Manning named fellow

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Mike Morrell said he could not be part of an organization that ‘honors a convicted felon and leaker…’
WASHINGTON — A former top CIA official abruptly resigned Thursday as a senior fellow at Harvard University over the school’s decision to hire Chelsea Manning, who was convicted of leaking classified information.
Mike Morell, former deputy director and acting director of the CIA, sent a resignation letter to the dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, saying he could not be part of an organization that “honors a convicted felon and leaker of classified information.”
“Manning was found guilty of 17 serious crimes, including six counts of espionage, for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, an entity that CIA Director Mike Pompeo says operates like an adversarial foreign intelligence organization, ” said Morell, who was a non-resident senior fellow at Harvard.
Manning has been invited to be a visiting fellow at the Kennedy school’s Institute of Politics.
The 29-year-old transgender woman, formerly known as Bradley Manning, told ABC’s “Good Morning America” in a recent interview that she was prompted to give the 700,000 military and State Department documents to WikiLeaks because of the human toll of the “death, destruction and mayhem” she saw as an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq. She told ABC that she has “accepted responsibility” for her actions.
Manning was released from a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on May 17 after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence, which was commuted by former President Barack Obama in his final days in office. Obama said in January he felt justice had been served.
Harvard also invited former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. Harvard says Manning will be among fellows who will visit the campus for a “limited” number of events meant to spark campus discussion.

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FTC Likely Sees Substantial Harm In Equifax Hack

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The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it’s investigating the recently revealed hack of sensitive information on 143 million Americans from credit firm Equifax, a move indicating the regulator suspects substantial harm resulted from the breach. “The FTC typically does…
The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it’s investigating the recently revealed hack of sensitive information on 143 million Americans from credit firm Equifax, a move indicating the regulator suspects substantial harm resulted from the breach.
“The FTC typically does not comment on ongoing investigations,” Peter Kaplan, the agency’s acting director of public affairs, said in a statement. “However, in light of the intense public interest and the potential impact of this matter, I can confirm that FTC staff is investigating the Equifax data breach.”
Equifax suffered a cybersecurity breach in May that persisted until its discovery in July. By then, hackers stole Social Security numbers, birth dates, and home addresses for 143 million Americans — almost half the U. S. population — and other sensitive data belonging to British and Canadian nationals.
An unknown number of driver’s license numbers, 209,000 credit card numbers, and 182,000 credit dispute documents were also taken, and a group claiming to be the hackers threaten to release the stolen data online unless they receive $2.6 million in ransom this week. Equifax neglected to alert the public to the hack until Thursday.
It’s a rare occurrence for the FTC — the federal government’s top privacy regulator — to confirm an active investigation at all, but even more so for Acting FTC Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen, the Republican commissioner President Trump selected to lead the agency shortly after his January inauguration.
That same month Ohlhausen said if she were picked to lead the FTC, she said she would be reticent to use the agency’s investigatory and penalty powers, and more willing to give companies the benefit of the doubt.
While speaking at a technology conference Ohlhausen said she would direct the agency, primarily charged with enforcing consumer protection law, to look for “substantial harm” in cases, rather than practices by companies that only show the potential for harm.
Too much of the former defined the previous administration and thereby hurt innovation, according to Ohlhausen.
“I would hope my remaining colleague Commissioner McSweeny would of course want to act on those kinds of cases,” the Republican said. “Starting a dialogue about substantial harm, that doesn’t require a commission vote.”
Given Ohlhausen’s previous comments, it’s likely FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny — a Democrat and the only other sitting member of the five-commissioner agency — agrees the Equifax breach potentially caused significant harm to consumers, and that the credit firm was negligent.
McSweeny reportedly told the Los Angeles Times Thursday she’s “very concerned” about the breach’s size and Equifax’s solution, which initially included forcing victims to surrender their legal right to sue the company in exchange for a year of free credit monitoring.
Last week she tweeted the “breach underscores need for Congress to pass comprehensive data security legislation that includes FTC civil penalty authority.” Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in both chambers are pitching legislation to boost cybersecurity standards and even overhaul the entire credit reporting sector. Multiple committees have already scheduled hearings to discuss the impact of the hack and Equifax’s liability.
The two would need to vote unanimously to find fault with Equifax, at least until the Senate confirms antitrust lawyer Joseph Simons, Trump’s nominee to lead the commission on a permanent basis. Simons is co-chairman of the antitrust arm of law firm Paul Weiss and former director of the FTC’s competition bureau during the George W. Bush administration.

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Tiber Health wants to solve the world’s doctor shortage

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How did eight people die in Florida nursing home?

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Shocked Americans were struggling on Thursday to understand how eight elderly people in a Florida retirement home — directly across the street from a hospital — could have died in the days following Hurricane Irma’s devastating passage.
Shocked Americans were struggling on Thursday to understand how eight elderly people in a Florida retirement home — directly across the street from a hospital — could have died in the days following Hurricane Irma’s devastating passage.
The matter is now in the hands of the law.
Making the drama even more shocking, the deaths could perhaps have been prevented by hooking up an emergency generator to keep air conditioners working in the stifling hot home after it lost electricity in the storm.
The deaths, coming at a time when millions of Floridians remain without power, have fueled new fears. Florida is the US state with the largest proportion of elderly residents, spread among nearly 700 retirement homes.
With temperatures soaring inside the ill-fated home this week, three people in their seventies, two in their eighties and three in their nineties apparently suffered at length before dying, some of them after being transported — too late — to the nearby hospital.
Authorities fear others taken there might not survive.
The home — the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, just north of Miami — seemed prepared for a range of storm-related difficulties: hunger, thirst, isolation and flooding.
It had stocked a week’s worth of food, and late last year conducted a hurricane drill.
But it evidently was unprepared for the intense heat and debilitating humidity that had made Floridians miserable before the widespread advent of air conditioning — the kind of wilting heat that can prove deadly to the elderly.
The temperature Thursday in the region was 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees centigrade) . In uncooled rooms in the retirement home it would have soared far higher.
Irma swept through the area on Sunday, but the first emergency call from the home did not come until Wednesday at 3: 00 a.m., after residents had suffered through three miserably hot days.
The crisis was sparked when the storm knocked out a transformer that powered the retirement home’s air-conditioning system.
At that point, said nursing home administrator Jorge Carballo, « Staff set up mobile cooling units and fans to cool the facility and continually checked on our residents’ well-being to ensure they were hydrated. »
But the temperature continued to rise, reaching unendurable levels. Residents seeking respite flocked into the hallways and gathered around the small — too-small — portable air conditioners.
Jean Johnson described her last visit to a friend, 84-year-old Betty Hibbard, who was later to die in the hospital.
« It was hot in there,  » she told CNN, adding that her friend « couldn’t hardly talk. »
« So I said, ‘Look, honey, we are gonna leave because I don’t want you talking, you’ve got to save your oxygen.' »
Shaking her head, Johnson added, « What a terrible price to pay. »
Randy Katz, medical director for the emergency department at Memorial Regional Hospital, across the street from the home, described the chaotic scene he encountered when he arrived there Wednesday: dozens of elderly people severely dehydrated or in respiratory distress, suffering in a sweltering atmosphere. Three had already died.
Some 115 retirees have now been evacuated from the home, one-third of them hospitalized.
Florida Governor Rick Scott denounced the tragedy as « unfathomable. » He ordered the closing of the retirement home while an official investigation is conducted.
As investigators work to apportion blame, the management of the Hollywood Hills home and the electric utility that supplies it, Florida Power & Light, have been pointing fingers at each other.
In a statement, the utility noted that part of the retirement home had kept power through the storm, that the facility should have had a working backup generator, and that it could have sent vulnerable residents across the street to the hospital.
The home has had its problems. It was purchased at auction in 2015 after its previous owner was jailed for Medicare fraud, the Miami Herald reported. But the latest state inspection found no deficiencies in its emergency readiness.
Count mayor Barbara Sharief has criticized the facility for being slow to react when its residents’ health was in peril. The home’s staff also seemed to have fallen short in communicating with residents’ families.
« Why they don’t call me? » when the air conditioning went out, Carmen Fernandez, a neighbor who took care of 99-year-old Albertina Vega, asked on CBS.
« I’d have brought her here. »
Jeffrey Nova learned of his mother’s death from a journalist, after having tried in vain since Sunday to reach the home’s nursing staff.
« I’m not quite clear on how this happened,  » he told CNN, adding that even before the hurricane it had been like « pulling teeth » to get answers.
Michael Duffy, an expert in negligence and liability law, said the actions — or inaction — of the home’s managers and staff had gone beyond simple negligence.
« Their indifference crossed the line and was clearly criminal,  » he said.

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The next Windows Developer Day is October 10

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Today during a Community Standup, Kevin Gallo announced that the next Windows Developer Day will be on October 10, where SDK features from the Fall Creators Update will be discussed.
Today, during a Windows Community Standup, Kevin Gallo announced that the next Windows Developer Day will be held on October 10 at 9: 30am Pacific Time. Then, Microsoft « will discuss updates and new features for software development in the Fall Creators Update. »
There’s going to be something for everyone, including game, commercial, and consumer developers. For game developers, Gallo will talk about Game Mode improvements, the Xbox Live Creators Program, Mixer, and Windows Store improvements.
For commercial developers, Gallo will be talking about. NET Standard 2.0, Xamarin, Desktop Bridge improvements, and Windows Mixed Reality. Finally, consumer developers will have the opportunity to learn more about Fluent Design, Microsoft Graph, and Tooling improvements in Visual Studio.
Windows Developer Day isn’t an event that you can attend in person; instead, it will be available via live-stream. Because of this, Microsoft is holding Live Stream Viewing parties where developers can get together and watch, in the following locations:
Of course, in between now and then is Microsoft’s Ignite 2017 conference, so there will likely be topics discussed that we don’t know about yet. You can sign up to learn more about Windows Developer Day here.

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Microsoft sets the date for Fall Creators Update • The Register

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After Lenovo leaks the details
Microsoft has used the IFA conference in Berlin to announce the next big update for Windows 10 users – the Fall Creators Update will be released on October 17.
Redmond has been ramping up the fast-track developer builds of the update over the past few weeks, largely ironing out bugs, and it now looks as though they feel it’s ready to go. Terry Myerson, head of the Windows group at Microsoft, promised that this fourth update to Windows 10 would be the best yet.
« With the Fall Creators Update we are introducing some fun new ways to get creative,  » he enthused.
« As part of the update we will deliver an evolution to the photos experience that will let you tell your story like never before using photos, videos, and 3D effects; enhancements in gaming, security, and accessibility; and immersive new experiences made possible by Windows Mixed Reality. »
When you look at what’s coming in the new code, however, it appears that the update is more of an incremental addition rather than anything really game-changing, albeit with a few caveats. Windows Defender gets an upgrade, as does the Photos app, and there’s better support for getting OneDrive files on the fly.
Myerson said those dealing with Lou Gehrig’s disease would welcome the update, as might other physically challenged Windows users, because Microsoft has included Eye Control. That allows eye controllers to replace mouse and keyboard.
But the big additions are gaming and mixed reality – check out our review here. The update will allow PC gamers to set the computer to max out the processor for smoother gameplay, and there’ll be a bunch of new games as well.
The Update will also include support for mixed reality, both from headsets and on the PC. Manufacturers are bringing out AR headsets that don’t require the setting up of special cameras and sensors around a room, and manufacturers like Dell, Acer, HP and Lenovo will sell the hardware.
Speaking of Lenovo, its PR team isn’t popular with Microsoft at the moment, after they managed to put out a release with the Update launch date ahead of Myerson’s announcement. The release got pulled quickly, but by then the news was out. ®

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Francia Raisa Says Her Life ‘Changed’ When She Donated Her Kidney to Selena Gomez

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Francia Raisa opened up about donating her kidney to longtime pal Selena Gomez to help her recover from Lupus — find out more
Hours after Selena Gomez revealed that she had a kidney transplant over the summer, her donor and best friend, Francia Raisa, is speaking out.
“I am beyond grateful that God would trust me with something that not only saved a life, but changed mine in the process, ” the Bring It On actress, 29, wrote alongside an Instagram picture on Thursday, September 14, of herself and Gomez, 25, in hospital gowns before the transplant. “This was part of our story and we will share it soon, but what is important now is that this is not the only story. For more information regarding Lupus, please go to Lupus Research Alliance website: www.lupusresearch.org — Love you sis, so glad we we’ re on this journey together. ❤️ xx.”
Sarah Hyland, who received a kidney transplant in April 2012, commented on the post, “You’ re an angel!”
As previously reported, the “Fetish” singer announced that she had the surgery via Instagram on Thursday. “I’ m very aware some of my fans had noticed I was laying low for part of the summer and questioning why I wasn’ t promoting my new music, which I was extremely proud of. So I found out I needed to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and was recovering. It was what I need to do for my overall health, ” she captioned a photo of the duo holding hands in their hospital gowns. “I honestly look forward to sharing with you, soon my journey through these past several months as I have always wanted to do with you. Until then I want to publicly thank my family and incredible team of doctors for everything they have done for me prior to and post-surgery. And finally, there aren’ t words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa.”
The Secret Life of the American Teenager alum and the “Bad Liar” songstress have been longtime friends and have featured one another on their respective Instagram accounts numerous times.
In July, Raisa shared a photo of the pals wine tasting, captioning the pic, “My forever friend.”
“She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me, ” Gomez, who also posted a photo of her scar, continued. “I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis.”
The 13 Reasons Why producer was diagnosed with the illness in 2015 and revealed in August 2016 that she would be taking a break from her music to prioritize her health. “I want to be proactive and focus on mining my health and happiness and have decided that the best way forward is to take some time off, ” the former Disney star said in a statement to Us Weekly at the time. “Thank you to all of my fans for your support. You know how special you are to me, but I need to face this head on to ensure I am doing everything possible to be my best. I know I am not alone and by sharing this, I hope others will be encouraged to address their own issues.”
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Francia Raisa Reveals She’s ‘Beyond Grateful’ To Help Selena Gomez With Kidney Transplant – Hollywood Life

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Selena Gomez’s kidney donor, Francia Raisa, speaks out on Instagram after the kidney transplant news was revealed.
Selena Gomez, 25, is very, very lucky to have a friend like Francia Raisa, 29, in her life. Hours after Selena shared the news that she had received a kidney transplant, Francia, the donor, spoke out in her own way. “I am beyond grateful that God would trust me with something that not only saved a life, but changed mine in the process, ” Francia wrote on Instagram as the caption to a new picture of her and Selena holding hands in their hospital beds. “This was part of our story, and we will share it soon, but what is important now is that this is not the only story.” In the picture, Selena and Francia are smiling wide at each other across the small gap between their beds.
Francia also used the moment to remind the world that Selena is not the only person suffering from Lupus. She asked her followers to check out the Lupus Research Alliance, and then sent more love to Selena. “So glad we’ re on this journey together, ” Francia closed her message. It turns out that the recovery process for Francia after donating a kidney was actually much more taxing than Selena’s recovery. HollywoodLife.com spoke EXCLUSIVELY to Dr. Michael Lockshin of the Lupus Center at HSS, and he explained that kidney donors “tend to feel a bit anemic and they’ ll need blood.” He also added that it’s “very painful” for donors, and that it will “take a few weeks to recover from the surgery” — and that’s without complications. Full Disclosure: Dr. Lockshin has not treated Selena Gomez, and he’s not her physician.
“The recovery process is actually easier the receiver [Selena] than the donor [Francia] ; assuming there’s no immediate rejection problem; because the receiver immediately feels a lot better once the transplant is done, ” Dr. Lockshin further explained. “Receivers will take about the same time to recover [a few weeks; 2-3] , however, it’ ll be a lot less painful for them because they will feel so much better with a new working kidney as opposed to before when they were ill. The pain for the receiver is very little because the kidney is not put in a sensitive area of the body.”
Tell us, HollywoodLifers — What do YOU think about Francia speaking out after Selena revealed the news about her kidney transplant? Comment below, let us know.

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