Here are a few links that might be interesting to those people hoping for a living donor transplant:

A test of faith in strangers http://articles.latimes.com/2006/dec/30/local/me-kidney30 
Advocating for a Family Member http://kidneytimes.com/article.php?id=20090730163148 

The Miracle Continues http://kidneytimes.com/article.php?id=20080530170223