Karol Franks ‏@okarol  May 24Pasadena, CA

Daughter Jenna is 30 yrs old & has been waiting 4 yrs for a #kidney transplant. To get tested as a possible donor please contact us at kidney4jenna@gmail.com

Thank you!

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!

Thanksgiving reminds me of what a joyful November we had 5 years ago, when Patrice, a stranger turned friend, offered to donate to Jenna. The surgery date was set for the following January, 2007. My heart is full of gratitude, knowing that a person could be so generous, so selfless, and willing to give our daughter a kidney. There's never enough ways to show or say thanks for what Patrice did. But I wanted to mention her - we are forever in awe of her loving gift.

And even though Jenna lost much of the kidney function through rejection, she has been stable nearly 2 years afterwards, Patrice's Brave Little Kidney still keeps running, steady and strong. We have a lot to be grateful for.

Jenna's 26th birthday - with her brother James