Rod Carew and Konrad Reuland’s family meet to raise awareness for organ donation
Brother Austin Reuland, left, mother Mary Reuland and Rod Carew look at a picture of Konrad Reuland, whose heart and kidney were transplanted into Carew in December. Konrad, a former NFL player, died at age 29 of a brain aneurysm.
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Rod Carew is greeted by Mary Reuland at Encino Little League complex, where they took part in a news conference to encourage organ donation.
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Cardiologist Ajay V. Srivastava displays the artificial heart that kept Carew alive for over one year while he waited for a heart transplant.
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Mary Reuland, mother of Konrad Reuland, during the news conference.
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Rod Carew, baseball Hall of Famer and heart and kidney transplant recipient, at the Encino Little League complex.
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