Dano has chosen to fundraise with HelpHOPELive in part because HelpHOPELive assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility for donors. Donors can be sure that funds donated will be used only to pay or reimburse medically-related expenses. To make a tax-deductible donation to this fundraising campaign:
Dano is originally from Long Island, New York and now lives in San Diego, California with his wife Gina, daughter Jade and dog Sassy. Making his living following his musical passion, Dano is founder and featured artist of Dano’s Island Sounds, and also enjoys joining San Diego’s Sol-e-Mar whenever possible performing Brazilian/Latin/Caribbean percussion. Looking forward to better health in the future Dano will be pursuing opportunities composing for television and film.
For most of his adult life, Dano has been battling Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), an incurable genetic condition which has taken almost all of his kidney function. Undiagnosed for many years Dano’s condition was well advanced when it was discovered in 2004. In 2011, Dan was placed on the kidney wait list and very recently has begun Peritoneal Dialysis to stay alive while waiting for a kidney donor.
The current wait for a deceased donor kidney of a matching blood type is approximately 4 years.
Though much of the treatment and medications necessary both before and after transplant are covered through private insurance and Medicare, the uncovered expenses and medications are building and will continue indefinitely after the 2 year post-transplant Medicare immunosuppressant coverage.
Our family is hopeful and thankful for potential living donors now being tested.
To help off-set Dano’s out-of-pocket medical costs and the testing and travel expenses of potential donors, a fundraising campaign has been established with HelpHOPELive (formerly NTAF), a nonprofit organization that has been assisting the transplant community for nearly 30 years. All donations are tax deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the Southwest Kidney Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant-related expenses only. Please, if you can, make a donation today.For more information, please contact HelpHOPELive at 800.642.8399.
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