You may know my wife Angela Delphine Epps, both a mother and grandmother. Angela is just 55 years old and for 27 of those years she has been in a battle with diabetes. She is now legally blind because of it. For the last 13 months she has been on dialysis 3.5 hours/3 days a week. These treatments deplete Angela of all her energy but they are keeping her alive. She is in end-stage kidney failure now and needs a kidney transplant to survive.
Fortunately, Angela is on the waiting list to receive a transplant at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. However, even with Medicare, there will be many out-of-pocket expenses including the cost of traveling to and from Norfolk to Durham, food and hotel stays. The post-transplant expenses will be more than we can afford with follow-up doctor visits and the cost of the anti-rejection medications Angela will need to take for the rest of her life.
To help offset some of these expenses, a fundraising campaign in Angela’s honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a nonprofit organization that has been assisting the transplant community for 30 years. All donations are tax deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the South-Atlantic Kidney Transplant Fund, and are administered for transplant-related expenses only. For those who are able and would like to contribute, please use the information below.
For credit card contributions, click the DONATE NOW button.
If you would like to be a help to me and you can participate in the fundraising events that are to be scheduled, please contact me. Thank you very much for your help. Your financial gift, no matter the size, will be greatly appreciated.
With sincere gratitude,
Darryl Epps
757-644-8404
