Here's another story from the Las Vegas paper:

A man in Las Vegas needs a kidney transplant and found a donor. The donor went through '17 procedures, 14 tests and at least a dozen interviews by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, a minister, two anesthesiologists, two surgeons and a donor coordinator. Rather, he found the experience a welcome rite of passage to an "incredible opportunity."'

And glad to do it.

But this donor has been turned down by the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale because of follow-up care. He lives in rural Arizona and is basically a recluse, but he would be covered for 1 month by the recipient's insurance, and friends and family of the recipient would help him. Plus the Mayo Clinic would provide follow-up.

But the help from the friends and family is deemed 'inappropriate' by the Mayo Clinic: they claim it looks like a "pre-negotiated arrangement that would be unethical." That doesn't make sense to me, because what if the donor was a member of the donee's family, would the clinic make that same claim?

The way this donee and donor met was the donee was trying to set up a Drum and Bugle Corps in Las Vegas and the recluse (who lives in a trailer 30 miles south of Hoover Dam) contacted him because he used to be a nationally-recognized judge of marching band competitions.

You have to wonder what we haven't been told.