Face transplant at Mayo Clinic possible due to Fulda man’s gift of donation

By Norma Dittman

Fulda Free Press staff writer

Calen “Rudy” Ross – a son, a brother, a nephew,  a grandson, an uncle, a sweetheart, a husband, a daddy-to-be, a friend, an outdoorsman, and lastly an organ and tissue donor. These are just some of the titles worn by the 21 year old Fulda man who is responsible for giving a 32-year old man from Wyoming a second chance at life with a normal face.

On June 7, 2016, with depression and anxiety mounting, Ross passed away from suicide. On his Minnesota driver’s license he had marked that he would be organ donor. “Rudy and I had talked about whether we were going to be donors or not, and when we went to get our licenses renewed we chose to be organ donors,” Ross’ wife, Lillian stated in a video made by LifeSource, a company based in Minneapolis whose professional teams work with organ, eye, and tissue donations.

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