Kidney
Stories of hope
#LivingItForward
We can all help
For Kaci Alvarado, an ordinary Saturday of running errands resulted in an extraordinary act of kindness.
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A rollercoaster of emotions later, we finally got the answer we have prayed so long for. It was me. I was going to be Erin’s donor.
Brendon Dix of Albuquerque, NM
Brendon’s journey to transplantation was a long journey, indeed, and it is not your “typical” kidney-liver candidate story.
Barbara Craycraft of Franklin, OH
The day after Christmas the doctor called. I needed to come to the hospital.
Heather Hazlett of Waxhaw, NC
My path in life took a bit of a twist when I was just 2 years old and diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.
Kathryn Smith of Miami, FL
I am able to share my story because of organ donors and their families who decided to give the gift of life in their saddest hours.
Dinorah Arambula of Las Vegas, NV
I was an athletic woman, but when my kidneys couldn’t clean my blood, and I started suffering from extreme fatigue, I felt devastated.
Mary Magee-Huth of Channahon, IL
At age 39 my kidneys began to fail. By the time I went on dialysis I couldn’t even hold a hair dryer over my head.
Gaylene Grossen of Portland, OR
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis is the disease which required me to have a kidney transplant. It took me a long time to memorize the name!
Kennedy Carter of Mayville, MI
I am 18, a college student, a cheerleader and a transplant recipient.
Karen Brooks of Seminole, FL
It has always been just me and my Sister.
Brian Anderson of Lakewood, CO
Living donation is an almost unknown or at best misunderstood gift.
