I was a truck driver for 35 years but in 2007 I ended up in the hospital. The doctors came to my room after doing several tests and xrays and asked if I had ever had a kidney removed. I told the doctor no, I have not. Then she asked me if I wanted to hear the good news or the bad news first. She went on to tell me that the good news is that I was still alive, and my condition could be fixed however it would be a long road. The bad news was that I only had one kidney and it was only functioning at 20%.
She then explained to me that I would need lifesaving dialysis or a kidney transplant. Here I am, 12 years later basically on life support. I go to all my dialysis appointments and have even lost all the weight they wanted me to lose to prepare for a kidney transplant. I have been asked by my transplant team to raise 6,000 over the next 9 months to help cover the cost of doctor visits as well as the immunosuppressant medications that are very expensive and not covered by insurance. This medication will help my body not reject the new kidney.
Without fund raising this money the doctors have said there is no point in even going forward with the surgery, because the kidney will just fail if I cannot afford these medications. They will help wake up the kidney and help my body adjust to a new organ. Now that you’ve learned my story, I’m asking everyone and anyone to please help me receive a kidney as soon as possible. Thank you and god bless everyone.
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