Eight years ago, after months of treatments and fighting to prevent what turned out to be inevitable, she lost her transplanted kidney donated to her by a living donor, her Aunt Sherry. Laura-Ashley is now completely dependent on dialysis. She undergoes peritoneal dialysis every night for 10 hours at a time just to live. She can no longer work full-time, only very limited hours and cannot enjoy all that life has to offer her due to the extreme fatigue and confinement to her room for treatment. Living off a machine makes it very hard to keep up with most daily activities. Laura-Ashley has a loving husband and 12 year-old step-daughter who she cares about deeply and hopes to one day go on outings together again and enjoy simple moments. She looks forward to returning to work full-time to help provide for her family. For now, her doctors at Banner University Hospital have told Laura-Ashley her only chance to return to good health is a kidney transplant.

Laura-Ashley is awaiting a kidney from either the cadaver list or a living donor. She has had several people step forward to be potential donors, but a match has yet to be found. Though she has insurance, Laura-Ashley will be responsible for 20% to be paid out-of-pocket for the cost of both the transplant and hospital stay. Post-transplant, and for the rest of her life, she will be required to take extremely expensive anti-rejection medications which are not fully covered. Funding these expenses is a monumental task especially when living on one income. This is adding up to a challenge the Riley Family cannot handle alone. Your help is needed!

To help with the financial burden of uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign has been established in honor of Laura-Ashley Riley with Help Hope Live, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to help patients and families in need for more than 30 years. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law and are help by Help Hope Live in the Southwest Transplant Fund in honor of Laura-Ashley Riley. Donations are allocated by Help Hope Live based on financial need for medical expenses. Please consider making a contribution today.

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On behalf of Laura-Ashley and her family, we thank you in advance for your kind consideration.

Gratefully,

Family of Laura-Ashley