Wilmington Councilwoman Laura Padgett was back Monday, firing off questions and engaging with the rest of council during an agenda briefing, as if she hadn't missed a beat since her dual organ transplant surgery in March.
"I'm very happy to be back. I've missed it," Padgett said after the meeting. "It was a tough road to home."
Padgett, who has Type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed with kidney disease in 1994 as a result of her decades-long bout with diabetes, underwent dual-organ transplant surgery for a kidney and pancreas. The pancreas didn't take, which is common with that type of transplant, she said.
Padgett said she is getting caught up on emails and what's happened since she's been gone. She said she didn't have a lot of time to keep up with city issues because she was sicker than she intended to be and had to undergo more surgeries than she expected. But she's doing well and looking to do her part to take care of her new kidney in the long process that is organ transplant recovery.
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