Brooke Andrade

Brooke Andrade, a Massachusetts native who recently moved to New Hampshire, is in need of a kidney transplant. She is currently on the active list for one, but such procedures are expensive and her insurance just doesn’t cover all the expenses associated with this life-saving procedure.

After starting dialysis at the age of 19, Brooke received a living donor transplant from her sister, Michelle. After seven years it began to reject and the transplant was lost. Brooke returned to dialysis for the past 8 and a half years but the treatments are consuming much of her daily life. The effects of long term Dialysis are starting to become very apparent and more severe. Dialysis treatments are three times a week for four hours each, leaving her exhausted. An active person by nature, she has spent a good deal of her time baking and making jewelry. She longs to get her energy back to return to her passions.

A transplant will also give Brooke her time back so she can move forward with all the professional and personal opportunities that are virtually impossible while on dialysis. At the moment, she must follow health restrictions on almost every aspect of life, including not leaving home for more than 2 days at a time, following a strict renal diet and being restricted to drinking 32 ounces of fluids a day.

To help with the financial burden of Brooke’s uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in her honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a trusted nonprofit that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the Northeast Kidney Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant-related expenses only. Please consider a contribution. Everything helps!

Your support is critical to the success of Brooke’s transplant and recovery experience. Please know that every contribution counts and helps. On behalf of Brooke and her friends and family, we thank you in advance for your kind consideration.

Thank you for your support!