Baer Sobieralski was born with a rare genetic condition and was in kidney failure before his first birthday. No family members were able to donate, so the family went to the public for help. Jane Callahan answered their plea, offering one of her kidneys to a child she did not know.
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Dunwoody resident’s kidney donation saves life, earns volunteerism award
Libby Pollock was driving with her teenage daughter to Sunday School at Temple Emanu-el when she noticed a bumper sticker on a car that read “Kidney 4 Izzy.” Pollock asked her daughter to look up the website listed on the bumper sticker and found that Izzy’s family trying to find a kidney donor for her.
Gift of Life: Kidney Donation Bonds Oklahoma Friends
Two friends, Carly Rae and Chitra Ayyaru Franks, couldn’t be any more different—but it’s what’s on the inside that will tie these two together for life.
Pa. women bonded for life after kidney donation
March is National Kidney Month to raise awareness about the millions of people affected by kidney disease. NBC10’s Erin Coleman has more from one woman whose life was saved by sharing her story online.
Expanding the living kidney donor pool to those with Type 2 diabetes
Dr. Naim Issa, a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist, says, until recently, patients with Type 2 diabetes have been ruled out as potential living kidney donors. Now, following strict criteria, some patients may be eligible to help close the gap on this ever-growing need for living kidney donors. …
‘We’re not unicorns’: Husband donates kidney to wife at Loyola Medicine, showing possibilities for kidney transplants after age 70
At age 72, Carol McCabe went into kidney failure. There was a 7-year waitlist for a deceased donor kidney and her life expectancy on dialysis was 3 1/2 years. Her husband, Jon, donated a kidney through Loyola Medicine’s Living Kidney Donor Program. “I’m pretty sure my kidneys will outlast both of us,” he said.
5 things to know about donating a kidney
Choosing to donate a kidney is a selfless act. And a big decision. So before you make the choice, it’s good to gather as much information as possible. Wondering what questions to ask? Start with these.
Brooklyn woman gets husband a special Valentine’s Day gift — a new kidney
Vincent Scafuri already had his wife’s heart, and now he has her kidney as well. Because Griselda Espina wasn’t able to donate her kidney directly to Vincent, she donated through the NKR’s Voucher Program. Vincent cashed in the voucher for a compatible kidney on Valentine’s Day, just in time for the couple’s first anniversary.
A Florida woman donated her kidney and found love
Hayley Milks was in a Miami hospital room, high on morphine and down one kidney, when she met her future husband. He sat by her bedside and thanked her. Her organ donation had just saved his brother’s life.
Unexpected donor gives woman kidney
Carolyn Difabrizio, 51, had Stage 5 kidney disease and was desperate for a donor. One day, a regular customer at the Steak Em-Up shop where she works handed her a carton of creamer and asked if there was anything else he could do for her. She joked: “Do you have an extra kidney?” He did.