Showing posts with label los angeles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label los angeles. Show all posts

Monday, June 08, 2015

Relying on the kindness of strangers

How many health conditions rely on the kindness of strangers for help?
This is our daughter Jenna. She needs a type O kidney donor.
Please share. Thank you!

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Jenna is on daily dialysis, needs a kidney donor!

If you're interested in being tested as a kidney donor for Jenna, please complete a form here: Living Donor Kidney Transplant Team at UCLA http://goo.gl/OEM2rP 
She needs a Type O donor, patient: Jenna Franks, born 11-21-85 -- thank you!



Tuesday, June 10, 2014

There are not enough kidneys to go around

Demand for kidney transplants is considerably higher than for any other organ. At the start of 2014, nearly 100,000 people in the United States were on the waiting list to have a kidney transplant. In recent years, only about 11,000 deceased-donor kidney transplants were performed annually in the United States. Each year another approximately 5,800 kidney transplants were made possible by living donors.

Organ donors make miracles happen!




Recycle yourself, become an organ donor.


Friday, September 02, 2011

Our daughter got good news yesterday - she is now on the US national organ transplant list. She got a kidney transplant nearly 5 years ago and after a rejection episode 20 months ago, she's been stable at about 18% function. Her Brave Little Kidney keeps on truckin! This last month her function was the best it's been - we just marvel at that tough little bean!
The wait time in Los Angeles is now 10 years for a deceased donor kidney, so she hopes a living donor will be a possibility for her. Getting listed is the first step! It means she can look forward to the future.

the list