Brenda Brent

Brenda Needs Our Support!

At just 29 years of age, Brenda Brent had her world turned upside down. Her kidneys stopped working and she had to start dialysis just to stay alive. Her hope now is for a lifesaving kidney transplant that will return her to good health but the cost is enormous.

Brenda earned two degrees at the Gillette Community College in 2007 and 2009 both in Elementary Education. In 2010 she had to quit her job to have her beautiful little girl, Makayla and became a stay-at-home mom for her daughter who has some developmental delays. To see Brenda, you might think she is in perfect health and she does try to stay as healthy as she possibly can by bowling, a form of exercise for her. In reality, Brenda’s schedule includes dialysis three days a week/three hours each time. Though this treatment keeps her alive, it also steals her energy making it a real challenge to keep up with her daughter. Through the daily support of her longtime boyfriend David, Brenda is able to scrape by emotionally and financially but day-to-day she feels overwhelmed. Brenda needs our support.

Brenda has now been on dialysis for three years. Fortunately, she is listed and is waiting for a kidney transplant at the Sanford Transplant Center in Sioux Falls. While her insurance is adequate to meet most of her medical bills, it will not cover her travel to and from the center, lodging and temporary relocation expenses at the time of transplant and for many months after that. Her uncovered transplant expenses could easily amount to $15,000 or more over the next year.

To help with the financial burden of Brenda’s uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in her honor has been established with Help Hope Live, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law, are held by Help Hope Live in the Midwest/West Kidney Transplant Fund, and are administered by Help Hope Live for transplant-related expenses only. Please, consider a contribution.

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Your support of Brenda both financially and through your prayers, offer her, her young daughter and significant other, hope for a bright future.

With sincere gratitude,
Audrey Henaghan
307-299-1479