Shoua Vang

Our loving mother, Shoua Vang is only 43 years-old and was diagnosed with end-stage-renal disease as a result of high blood pressure. Dialysis treatments were her way of life for many years, and she struggled with her health daily. After extensive medical testing, Shoua was finally placed on the active kidney transplant list at Hennepin County Medical Center, and after patiently waiting for many months, finally received the telephone call that would save her life. On June 10th, 2015 my mother, Shoua was blessed with the gift of life through a lifesaving donor kidney transplant.

Shoua is recovering from her surgery and hopes to remain free from organ rejection. As one of the most kind-hearted and hardworking people you will hope to meet, Shoua is reaching out because she desperately needs your help.Transplants are lifesaving, but the costs to fund this type of surgery are overwhelming to both Shoua and our family, and we cannot do it alone.

As a single mother to young children, Shoua provided for all of us and worked very hard for decades. Even through dialysis treatment, Shoua was committed to our family and her career, and never complained or gave into her poor health. She worked endless hours in an assembly-line job and both physically and emotionally persevered through hard times. She has proven to overcome many difficulties with her kidney failure over the past four years – our mother Shoua is a fighter!

While recovering from her transplant, my mother is out of work and will need over four months to recover from her kidney transplant surgery. All of us and our extended family are committed to supporting Shoua through the transplant recovery process. More than ever, Shoua is dedicated to a full recovery and returning back to work. However, the out-of-pocket medical and transplant expenses are adding up and much more than Shoua can handle alone. We all need your help!

Even with health insurance Shoua is facing extremely high medical expenses. These include large co-pays and deductibles, lab fees, travel and post-transplant lodging, medical appointments, caregiver fees, and her leave of absence from work.Shoua is also required to take costly post-transplant medications for the rest of her life. These expenses could add up to well over $30,000, and Shoua cannot do this alone.

To help with the financial burden of Shoua Vang’s uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in her honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, 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, are held by HelpHOPELive in the North-Central Kidney Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant-related expenses only. Please consider a contribution.

Gratefully,

Shoua’s loving children and family