THE WAIT LIST GROWS DAILY

BIG HUG!

Most people with kidney disease may look ok but are dealing with fatigue, stress and health issues and that can really get ya down. Thank you to caregivers and family members and friends who keep us going!

Organ donors give life. Please share Jenna's kidney search facebook page - Thanks!

https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor

Please LIKE Jenna's kidney search page - thanks! 

https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor

We believe in miracles!

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-- KROQ radio DJ Bean shares his experience as a living kidney donor --

A Message From Bean: “The Most Thankfullest Thanksgiving Ever”
go to -->  http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2012/11/21/a-message-from-bean-the-most-thankfullest-thanksgiving-ever/

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Every day more names are added.  Jenna is one of the 94,510 needing a kidney.
Living donation offers an alternative for the growing number of people on the national organ transplant waiting list. 

Source: Organ Procurement and Transplant Network http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/
Please LIKE and SHARE Jenna's page: https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor 

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Recycle Yourself

Organ donors make miracles happen!

Living Donors ROCK!

Jenna still needs a donor. Please take a minute to learn about living kidney donation at Living Donors Online --> http://www.livingdonorsonline.org/kidney/kidney.htm Thank you!

Jenna needs a kidney donor

Resources for kidney patients and potential donors

Living Donor's Online! is the best online resource for info and support for living organ donors. http://www.livingdonorsonline.org

The Renal Support Network provides free educational programs. advocacy for patients and so much more! http://www.rsnhope.org

IHateDialysis.com is a great group of patients, caregivers and friends who give help and support. http://www.ihatedialysis.com

The National Kidney Registry helps match patients with donors who are willing to swap. http://www.kidneyregistry.org

Jenna's Kidney Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor

Give the gift of life.

People on the national organ wait list hope to get "the call" that will change their lives.

Mi riñón es su riñón.

The magic words: My kidney is your kidney. Living donors ROCK!

the gift

The kidney donor gift - it changes everything. ♥

To watch "Are You My Type?" the movie ---> CLICK HERE

Or visit us on facebook ---> Wanted: Kidney Donor

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New video - please watch and share - thank you!

Our friend Mark Hovater donated his time to create "Are You My Type?" - a film dedicated to all the people waiting for an organ transplant. This helps with our continued effort at raising awareness about our daughter Jenna and her need for a kidney donor. Please watch this video and share, tweet, do whatever you can to spread the word. You can like the facebook page as well Wanted: Kidney donor -- thank you, it means a lot. 

Are You My Type? on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ZuVJ_s80Y 

Wanted: Kidney Donor

We just started a new facebook page for Jenna: "Wanted: Kidney donor" http://on.fb.me/MVDW3x - please LIKE it if you're on facebook, and share it with you contacts. Thanks so much!

Waiting

Jenna has been waitlisted for a kidney transplant since October. The wait for a deceased donor kidney in Los Angeles for type O blood is now 10 years.

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

Check out the Renal Teen Prom photos and videos 

http://rsnhope.org/programs/prom/renal_teen_prom_Mem2012.php

5 Year Kidneyversary!

Here's Jenna with her sister and brother.
We celebrated Jenna's 5 years and the Brave Little Kidney with a pink kidney cake!Jenna had been on dialysis for over 3 years - had about 500 treatments. This transplant has given her freedom from needles and sitting, waiting for dialysis to end, only to begin again.
She doesn't know how long her transplant will last, but for today she's doing ok.
We'll always be grateful to her donor Patrice. Living donors make miracles happen!