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Kathy Keller, a diabetic from Edgerton, takes only one insulin shot a day after receiving a transplant of insulin-producing islet cells at UW Hospital in April. She used to require four shots a day. Keller is on the list to get a second transplant, which could allow her to completely give up insulin shots, as the procedures have done for some patients.

Chuck and Kathy Keller relax in their semi-finished garage in Edgerton. Since Kathy had an islet-cell transplant for her diabetes in April, Chuck hasn't had to rescue her from the life-threatening dips in blood sugar she frequently faced before.

Kathy Keller, 51, of Edgerton, is the tenth patient to receive an islet-cell transplant at UW Hospital since the state's only such program started in 2002. All of the patients have Type 1 diabetes.

Julie Seaton, of Muskego, nearly drowned in her pool before having an islet-cell transplant for diabetes. Since receiving two transplants in 2005, she hasn't had to take insulin shots and hasn't had dangerous episodes of low blood sugar. Seaton breeds and shows Australian terriers.

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