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Hello! my name is Mary. I am a 64-year-old wife, mother of two and a self-employed therapist who provides individual, couples, and family counseling.

I am the “step-grandmother” of seven amazing grandchildren, from age 4-years-old to age 21-years-old! I was born and raised in Lancaster, PA as the oldest of five children, but relocated to Butte, MT with my husband, son, and daughter in 1999. I am a lover of dogs, nature, rivers, oceans, photography, art, new adventures, and sunshine!
I am hoping to be matched with a kidney donor from my family or through the National Kidney Registry. I will need help with expenses that go along with the transplant that are not covered by insurance. I am working with my transplant team at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, approximately 800 miles away from my home in Butte, MT.
Below is my story of how I came to need a kidney transplant and why I am asking for your help.

Updates (6)

October 1, 2022

All is looking good for the Kidney Transplant to take place on October 18th! It feels a little surreal to think that this is actually happening. I have been asked if I am starting to get nervous as the transplant day approaches. I really am not, probably because I am feeling confident that all will go well! I have the best possible circumstances for a transplant - a living donor, my sister, Carol who is a "perfect match", a skilled and experienced renal transplant team at University of Utah, and the best "caregivers" that anyone could hope for - Jeffrey, my husband as my caregiver and Joanne, my sister as Carol's caregiver! The many positive thoughts and prayers for a successful surgery and healing from so many amazing people in my life provides great comfort and hope for all to go well. The generosity of family and friends has gone far to relieve our financial concerns. I cannot tell you how much Jeffrey and I appreciate the support we have received from so many! Thank you to all of you! A special thank you to our son, Nate and his girlfriend Ashley for volunteering to care for our fur babies, Maggie May and Luna during the 5 weeks we plan to be in Salt Lake City! This is a very generous offer, since their home and lives are already full with 3 young children, their dog, Artemis and their cat, Geebz! A special thank you to our daughter, Laura and her husband Hank! Laura has agreed to take over at our business, Life Management Associates, LLC, while we are away, which is no easy task, on top of her already full caseload! She and Hank, along with Nate and Ashley will be checking on our house and making themselves available to help out with whatever unexpected issues that may arise at home while we are away! Thank you to our wonderful LMA therapists who all willingly agreed to take over to provide therapy to my clients during my absence! Thank you to our Office Manager and Biller, who are very new to our business, yet have been working hard to keep everything flowing smoothly while Jeffrey and I are out of state!

And of course, there is no way to thank my sisters, Joanne and Carol enough for immediately stepping up to be tested as potential donors, when they heard that I needed a kidney! Somehow, Carol was chosen as my donor! It is hard to find a way to let her know how grateful I am for her giving a part of herself to save my life! I have always had the Best Family!!!

How could I not feel confident and hopeful for an amazing outcome with so much support from so many wonderful people in my life!!!!!

September 4, 2022

Update Surprise, we just found out that we have to arrive a week before the actual surgical date. Mary has to be there for pre-op testing and ensure her health is top-notch or they will send us home. Reserving an Airbnb close to the hospital is important. Getting there a week early has increased the Airbnb cost. It looks like that alone will cost between $5000 and $6000. Much more than we expected. As I mentioned before, we have to relocate to Salt Lake City, now for five weeks. This is a critical step to avoid transplant rejection.

We have been blessed with donors, yet we have a distance to go to meet our goal. Every donation no matter how much helps!

To make private donations directly to Mary, send donations to Mary Watson 2855 Kossuth St, Butte, MT 59701. Those donations are not reflected on the campaign page. *Please note that any donations sent directly to Mary Watson are not administered by Help Hope Live and therefore are not tax-deductible.

Mary will be out of work for several months, or more which means no income for her. When you work as a self-employed therapist, you only earn money when seeing clients. So neither of us will be bringing in an income from therapy as I have retired. Retirement income sucks!

To donate click on the picture of Mary in this post; it will take you to her transplant donation site. There you will see a Give or Donate button to click on.

Thank You and God Bless!

Mary and Jeffrey Watson

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Guestbook

August 31, 2022

I have been praying and will continue to pray that all goes well with the surgeries and recoveries for both of you. I am so thankful for Jeffrey and Joanne as they are with you both. Praying for all of your loved ones as they wait for good news!!!! With much love and many prayers, Roxanne

Roxanne Landis

August 18, 2022

Wishing you the best in this journey!

PATRICIA CHWATEK

August 14, 2022

Wishing you all the best & outing all good well with a speedy recovery.

Doug Singleton