Social Media Kidney Request

KIDNEY DONOR NEEDED: PLEASE SHARE!

My mother Nancy Campbell has end-stage renal disease and is in dire need of a kidney. She has been on dialysis for almost two years, and suffered a stroke and several seizures recently due to the renal disease. Because renal disease runs in our family, our blood relatives are not suitable donors. She is registered with UNOS, but getting a kidney could take up to 10 years. *She needs a new kidney NOW.* She is a very kind and giving person, and would do anything to help someone in need.

If you have questions, or would like to consider donating a kidney yourself, PLEASE CALL: 310-936-5303 (to speak with me) or EMAIL: nancy6of9@gmail.com.

Even if you can't donate, PLEASE SHARE this post so that we can find someone who can! Geographic location (aside from being in the US) doesn't matter!

Thank you,

Kathleen Campbell



IMPORTANT DETAILS:

Because my mother’s blood type is B+, she can receive a donation from anyone with B+, B-, O+, and O- blood, and a donor can be of either gender, and any race or ethnicity. Please note that if you are not one of the blood types listed but are willing to donate, the hospital can do a multi-way swap (a “paired donation”) if you wish.

A donor can be located anywhere in the United States. Our insurance will fly you out to us for more testing if you pass the initial test to be a kidney donor in your area.

For more details about donating a kidney to my mother:
http://bit.ly/nancy6of9kidney

To learn more about living donation:
https://unos.org/donation/living-donation/

What’s it like to donate a kidney? A colleague of my mother's donated a kidney to a friend. Read about her experience:
https://nkfstayinghealthy.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/why-i-chose-living-donation/amp/

Kidney Donation Information Compilation

This list will be reorganized and updated as we receive/learn more information and as more questions are asked that need answers. Thank you for your interest in donating to Nancy Campbell. We appreciate it!

We are located in Culver City, California. Cedars Sinai will be doing the transplant.

• We cannot pay you for your kidney. No exchange of money can take place. Exchanging money is a $50,000 fine and a 5 year jail sentence.

If you are located out of the area and would like to donate:

• Some financial aid from the hospital may be available for you.
• Our insurance will cover flight costs and $100/day for a week towards hotel costs.
• Your first test to determine if you're compatible/are healthy enough to donate a kidney must be done in your area before they'll fly you out here for more testing.
• There will be two visits to Cedars Sinai. Once for the hospital to determine that you're a suitable donor, once for the actual surgery.

All donors:

• Total time from interest to surgery is usually 3 to 6 months.
• It will take 2 to 6 weeks to fully recover from the surgery--this means to pre-surgery health levels.
• It is usually a laparoscopic surgery, but there is also a 3 inch cut (like a bikini cut)
• The hospital stay for the surgery is 2 to 4 days.

Links:

• This post: http://bit.ly/nancy6of9kidney
• Nancy's Facebook: http://bit.ly/nancy6of9
• My post on Facebook: http://bit.ly/nancy6of9fb
• Information about Living Donation: https://unos.org/donation/living-donation/
• What it's like to donate a kidney: https://nkfstayinghealthy.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/why-i-chose-living-donation/amp/

How this affects me, Nancy's daughter:

• Kidney Disease and My Health
• (I will add more as I write more. Until now, I've kept quiet about it to respect my mother's privacy. Now that she is opening up about her kidney failure in her search for a kidney, she's comfortable with me writing about how her health is affecting our family.)