Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik is set to have a kidney transplant Tuesday in a Salt Lake City hospital. Zanik will receive a donor kidney after being diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease in October. Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic disorder that causes clusters of cysts to grow within kidneys.
FILE - Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik speaks during a news conference Sept. 26, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Zanik will undergo a kidney transplant at the University of Utah hospital on Tuesday afternoon, April 2. Zanik will receive a donor kidney after being diagnosed with Polycystic kidney disease in October 2023. SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik is set to have a kidney transplant Tuesday at the University of Utah hospital.
The surgery is expected to take from 2 1/2 to three hours. Zanik is scheduled to be discharged three days after the surgery, barring complications. He will then be cleared to return to his job duties after three weeks and plans to resume a full-time workload in six weeks. Zanik said his father also suffers from polycystic kidney disease and had a kidney transplant in 2003. The transplant was successful, and his kidney is still functioning well 21 years later.
Then came word his kidneys were on the verge of total failure. Sharing that news with family and friends was especially troubling because Zanik said he prefers to be the one who sees to others’ needs.
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