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Medical Funds for Monte's Life-Saving Liver Transplant!

Monte is a 46-year-old man in urgent need of a liver transplant.

Monte has been fit and healthy all his life, until August 2024 when he was diagnosed with liver failure. Well known around the country as a “camel man,” Monte was very active and busy with a traveling exotic animal petting zoo and racing camels until his baby girl was born. He then semi-retired and began working as a heavy equipment operator, giving up the camels and show business he loved for health insurance to cover his family that he loves even more.

Updates (1)

September 13, 2025

September 2025 Update: Apologies for not getting back to everyone that has reached out or graciously donated. We appreciate each and every one of you so, so much. Monte has been doing really well the last few months, and we have all sort of taken a step back and enjoyed the lull in the chaos to catch up on our lives. We know it is temporary.Monte has been pretty independent the last couple of months since he was released from KU Med. He has dialysis 3X weekly, which wipes him out those days, but the rest of the week he tries to get up and go outside for a drive at the very least. He has been doing some volunteer work out at the farm just to get out of the house, which has been really good for him. Morgan has even helped him with some of the tours in the evenings. I am so happy to see him able to get out and around and do fun things with her. This last week he was able to go to the fair and announce the pig races, and Morgan was able to help a bit as well.  He still has good days and bad, as expected, but has learned his limits and how to identify the signs that he needs some help earlier rather than later.In August, we hit the one-year mark of when he was “officially” diagnosed with a liver problem, although he was misdiagnosed and having severe problems related to it for a year before that. It has been a very hard year on all of us, and I feel like we have all really grown and changed in response to the disease. I am so proud of all the accomplishments Monte has made in the last year. It has been hardest on him, and even in pain in the hospitals, he tried to make the nurses and doctors laugh. If you know Monte, he is a showman first.We have learned a lot about how to cope with this disease. It isn’t easy. There is SO much more than just showing up and getting a transplant. Monte has had to make drastic changes to his life. His mother and I have also had to make changes and sacrifices to get him through this. A year ago, we had no idea what we were getting into, and how our lives would change.We all have bags packed and ready to go. We have plans for the transplant and who will take which shifts. We have learned some of the things that we can and cannot do, and what will need to change once he gets the transplant. We don’t make any changes to his health regime without consulting with his transplant team and have learned how to advocate for his health without compromising on his needs.We are still waiting on the call for that dual liver-kidney transplant. His life will change again once we have that, and we will need continued support through that ordeal. Again, we appreciate all of you for your continued support. Much love from the McClurgs. 

Guestbook

September 13, 2025

Wishing you well again Monte. Peace.

Claudia Cohen

July 1, 2025

This donation was generously made by an anonymous donor using the Silent Donor giving platform (www.silentdonor.com)

Anondo Fund Inc

June 26, 2025

This donation was generously made by an anonymous donor using the Silent Donor giving platform (www.silentdonor.com)!

Anondo Fund Inc