Belinda Ball

As some of you may know, Belinda has battled chronic kidney disease for most of her life, having been born with one horseshoe shaped kidney. After multiple surgeries at age three she is now in end-stage renal disease. Belinda has been told that her only chance for a healthy life is to have a kidney transplant.

You may know Belinda as a friend growing up in Tulsa, going to Edison Preparatory High School or while attending The University of Tulsa. Perhaps you remember her as the “softball and orchestra” mom, or as a wife and former business owner. Or you may know Belinda from attending Temple Israel for over 30 years or perhaps from reciting her name for the past four years during the Me Shebeirach healing prayer for the ill.

I hoped to be Belinda’s living donor but that was not an option. We are now exploring transplantation at other transplant centers. Even with insurance, there will be many uninsured transplant-related expenses such as: co-pays and deductibles, doctor visits, travel and temporary relocation in addition to the immunosuppressant medications that Belinda will need for the rest of her life. This is a financial burden that Belinda and I cannot handle alone.

To help with the financial burden of Belinda’s uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in her honor has been established with HelpHOPElive, a trusted non-profit organization that has been providing community based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible, and are held by HelpHOPELive in the South-Central Kidney Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant related expenses only. Please consider a making a tax-deductible contribution today by clicking the DONATE NOW button.

On behalf of Belinda and our family, I thank you in advance for your kind consideration, prayers, support and generosity.

Gratefully,

Tim Ball, loving husband of Belinda Ball