Dear Friends and Family,

As many of you already know, my loving husband, Hugh Forman has been courageously battling end stage renal disease. For over two years now, Hugh has been on peritoneal dialysis. This is keeping him alive. Though he is doing fairly well on this treatment, he is still unable to work. We are told that his only real shot at a long and healthy life is to receive a kidney transplant as soon as possible.

Currently, Hugh is on is the kidney transplant waiting list at Scott and White Hospital and also at Baylor Medical Center. However, due to the extraordinary expense of transplantation, funding this life-saving operation is a monumental task. Despite having insurance, many of his medical needs are not covered and must be paid out-of-pocket. Some of these are co-pays, deductibles, and Hugh will need approximately $10,000 per year for his lifelong immunosuppressant medications. Also, the expense of traveling to and from the center and then relocation costs at the time of transplant will be high. This presents a challenge we cannot meet alone.