February 23, 2018
A Valentine's Day gift to grow old with
Most people get hearts for Valentine’s Day. Jeanne Ficociello got a kidney. Ficociello, VMD, MS, DACVIM, and a specialist in internal medicine at AAHA-accredited VCA South Shore Animal Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts, was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD)—a genetic condition that cause cysts to grow on and damage the kidneys—while being treated for a lacrosse injury when she was in college.