John Marriott Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? John Marriott Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

Please take a minute to read about John and the living donor process. He's a Navy veteran and active with the Nur Shriner organization. Looking for a donor, not necessarily a match that will move him up the transplant list. #livingdonor #transplant #veteran #Shriner nkr.org/DYT898?fbcli...

Living Kidney Donation - UF Health The Living Donor Kidney Program at UF Health Shands Transplant Center enables people to make an informed decision regarding living kidney donation. The program…

#livingdonor #Kidneyfailure #dialysis
My daughter needs a kidney. She is on home dialysis 4 X a week.
Please Follow link, check to see if you could help make her life better. her son who is her trained partner, has to be present 4 days a week to help her ufhealth.org/conditions-a...

Living with ADPKD: a polycystic kidney disease story What is it really like to grow up knowing kidney disease runs in your family? In this powerful episode of Diary of a Kidney Warrior Podcast, Dee is joined by Jamie from Texas, USA, who shares her live...

I wanted to share this podcast with my transplant friends. @diaryofakidneyw.bsky.social is so amazing. Please have a listen!! I have had a liver and a kidney transplant and I shared my story with Dee. #livingdonor #organtransplant #livertransplant #kidneytransplant

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Hepatologist Dania Brigham on Pediatric Liver Transplant Discover key milestones and innovations in pediatric liver transplant care.

Dr. Dania Brigham says witnessing the resilience of children and the impact of liver transplants shaped her career. In this Q&A, she reflects on milestones like expanding our #LivingDonor liver program and coordinating a complex heart-liver transplant.

What's the strangest compliment you've ever received? Bethan might win this round! When she was undergoing assessment to be a living donor for her brother Peter she was told "You've got a massive liver!" 😆 pscsupport.org.uk/psc-and-me/b... #LetsBeatPSC #OrganDonation #LivingDonor

Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

New year, new hope.
I’m searching for a living kidney donor. Starting 2026 with a potential match could change my life. If you can’t donate, sharing truly helps. 💙
nkr.org/PZG643
#KidneyDonor #LivingDonor #DonateLife #KidneyTransplant #NKR

A sister. A brother. A life-saving gift.
Sibling's Bethan and Peter kindly share their journey with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for PSC, just nine weeks after surgery. pscsupport.org.uk/psc-and-me/b... #LetsBeatPSC #PSCStory #PatientStory #LDLT #LivingDonor

Eugene Dominique Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? Eugene Dominique Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

I know of one other person who got a living donor nearly 30 years ago and thrived after being really ill. This is one of my dearest friends, an amazing photographer and beautiful human. 🖤 Please share his story & love on the people in your life. #livingdonor #kidneydisease#PLEASESHARE #GeneDominique

Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

🙏 I’m seeking a living kidney donor — you could save a life. Learn more or share my story: nkr.org/PZG643 💛 Happy Holidays and Merry New Year! Every share brings me closer to a transplant. Thank you. #KidneyDonor #DonateLife #LivingDonor #KidneyTransplant #OrgansSaveLives #GiveHope

Jets’ Gutsy Win Over Bengals Was a Fitting Tribute to Nick Mangold A franchise legend died over the weekend, and then Gang Green pulled an unlikely first win out of the cosmos.

#NickMangold didn't need to die.
Not in 2025.
A more "fitting tribute" to his life would have been if 1 of the 65,526 people at this game had stepped up as a #LivingDonor.
Maybe one of pious, pro-life "Christians."
Anyway... enjoy your "gusty win," #Jets!

4/8 Too sick to work, Azzarello went on leave from her teaching job.

Her social media campaign took months, until one late night in Portland, Oregon.

Trisha Beard, a self-described "insomniac", was scrolling her phone after feeding her one-year-old. Azzarello's story popped up.

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The Insider's Guide to Living Kidney Donation "The Insider's Guide to Living Kidney Donation: Everything You Need to Know If You Give (or Get) the Greatest Gift" offers nontechnical information and practical advice, and the multifac...

Half-price sale: For nontechnical, accessible info on living kidney donation from a #livingdonor, check out my book store.bookbaby.com/book/the-ins... Use promo code "pubanniversary" at checkout for 50% off on paperback #booksky

Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

I’m searching for a living kidney donor. Sharing this could save my life. Every share helps me get closer to finding a match. 💚

👉 nkr.org/PZG643
#KidneyDonation #LivingDonor #OrganDonation #ESKD #ChronicIllness #DonateLife

First liver-versary!! Between the two us, we did a marathon today. #liverdonation #livertransplant #livingdonor

Amanda has seen her friend Montana many times – but this was the first time after saving her life. Congratulations to you both! 🧡 #kidneystrong #kidneytransplant #livingdonor #livingdonation #kidneyhealth #transplant #friends

Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

I’m still here. For now. End-stage kidney failure means dialysis isn’t enough. A kidney transplant is my only chance at a fuller life. If you’re healthy and want to help, check if you’re a match: nkr.org/PZG643 Please share to help spread the word.
#DonateLife #KidneyTransplant #LivingDonor

🌟 apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight July 2025
🤲🏽 Meet Heather Johnson — #LivingDonor & voice on the #APOLLO Community Advisory Council (#CAC).

🫶 Heather champions donor & family voices in research aiming to improve transplant outcomes & safety, esp. for those with #APOL1 variants. 🧬 💚💙

#Donate #kidneytransplant #kidneyrecipient #givelife #livingdonor 💚💚💚

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FIVE YEAR #ANNIVERSARY
JUNE 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC MY DAUGHTER RECEIVED A LIFE SAVING #LIVINGDONOR
#KIDNEYTRANSPLANT
HER AWESOME BRAVE
SELFLESS HALF BROTHER
WAS HER PERFECT MATCH
DONOR. SAYING THANK YOU
WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH! ❤️
#organtransplant #organdonor

Read through the Personal Viewpoint "Living kidney donation from a death row inmate" by Moritz et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...
#livingdonor #ethics

Hi, I’m Michael Maattanen and I need a kidney donor. Learn more, get tested, or share my story at: www.nkr.org/PZG643
Please help spread the word!
#KidneyDonor #ShareYourSpare #KidneyTransplant #ESKD #OrganDonation #LivingDonor #DisabilityAwareness

💛 Discovering the heart of altruism: donors in the UK's Unspecified Kidney Donation (UKD) scheme are driven by a simple yet powerful purpose - to help someone else. Full news story 👇 kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki...

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Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

Hi, I’m Michael Maattanen and I need a kidney donor. Learn more, get tested, or share my story at: www.nkr.org/PZG643
Please help spread the word!
#KidneyDonor #ShareYourSpare #KidneyTransplant #ESKD #OrganDonation #LivingDonor #DisabilityAwareness

Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

Hi, I’m Michael Maattanen and I need a kidney donor. Learn more, get tested, or share my story at: www.nkr.org/PZG643
Please help spread the word!
#KidneyDonor #ShareYourSpare #KidneyTransplant #ESKD #OrganDonation #LivingDonor #DisabilityAwareness

I'm a living kidney donor. I'm always happy to talk about my experience and answer questions. #LivingDonor

Oak Park man meets complete stranger who donated part of her liver to save his life It's not every day that living donor liver transplants happen, and it's even more rare when they occur between complete strangers. But when 49-year-old D’Angelo McWilliams needed a new liver and likely wouldn't qualify for a deceased donor organ for years, he received a life-saving gift from Katie Laurie of South Lyon. Their fates aligned after Laurie responded to an ad on Facebook. Laurie and McWilliams, of Oak Park, finally met for the first time on Monday at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, roughly five months after the transplant. They embraced during an emotional press conference with their families and transplant surgeons. "It's a shock, it just really blew my mind, no words can say what it meant … to find out that this perfect stranger wanted to give a part of their liver to me," McWilliams said. A Facebook ad Laurie said she saw an ad for a liver on Facebook while at the gym. A local toddler who lives in her family's subdivision in South Lyon was looking for a donor, so she clicked on the link to learn more. "I knew you could give a kidney, but it never crossed my mind that like you could give a liver," Laurie, 41, said. After learning about the living donor transplant process, Laurie decided to undergo testing in March 2024 to see if she was a match. "I got approved to be a donor September 4, and then they called, like, the first week of October, and said that I was a match," Laurie said. "It's kind of random. I was just like, 'Oh I can do that. Why not?'" Physicians took about 65% of Laurie's liver during the December surgery, said Dr. Nagai Shunji, surgical director of liver transplantation at Henry Ford, who said that the liver can grow back to around 90% of its original size within two weeks. Happiest day of his life McWilliams has been living with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic autoimmune disease that damages the bile ducts. Bile is made in the liver and helps with digestion, according to the American Liver Foundation. It travels through the ducts to the gall bladder and small intestine. McWilliams already had to have his colon removed and reconstructed nearly 10 years ago, and was very sick, said Dr. Adhnan Mohamed, a senior transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon who helped with McWilliams' surgery. But these factors were not reflected in McWilliams' Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score, which is used to prioritize candidates for deceased donor livers, Mohamed said. "The damage to the liver was not something that was reversible. ... So that's where his liver was, and then that leads to infections and other symptoms and things like that," Mohamed said. "Unless your MELD score is high enough, a deceased donor is not an option, unfortunately." McWilliams remembers learning that the hospital had found a donor, and said it was the happiest day of his life. "It's a shock, it just really blew my mind, no words can say what it meant ... to find out that this perfect stranger wanted to give a part of their liver to me," McWilliams said. Laurie said she was surprised to learn that she was a match for someone, and very curious about who they were and what their story was. Altruistic organ donation is more common for the kidney, which humans have two of, Shunji explained. "It's not common, I should say, I think we have done three or four (of) this type of living donor liver transplant so far," Shunji said. Usually, the donor and recipient know each other, making McWilliams and Laurie's situation even more unconventional, Mohamed said. "This is a unique experience for us," Mohamed said. "She (Laurie) really framed it in a way that's like, well, you know what, this isn't that big of a deal, right? Why not? If somebody needs it, why not?" While Shunji took more than half of Laurie's liver to give to McWilliams, he said it's likely returned to almost 100% of its original volume in the last four months. The pair went into surgery on December 18, and Laurie was home by Christmas Day to celebrate with her family. McWilliams' recovery has also been going well, he said. "It's a learning curve," he said. "You have to learn what you gotta eat, because now I, you know, I can't eat certain things and go certain places." The surgery was just two days before McWilliams' daughter De Angela's 16th birthday. "The best birthday gift I could ever get is ... my dad getting help," De Angela said Monday. McWilliams' wife Janell, 49, said she's been wanting to say thank you to Laurie. It's her donation that ensures he will celebrate many more birthdays with their daughter, she said. "When I heard about her generous gift, like a complete stranger is willing to donate part of their organ, you know, it's just like, wow, just thank you," she said. "That's all I've been wanting, just to meet and say thank you." Laurie's decision was a surprise to her family, some of whom didn't find out until just before. "It was a surprise to us, we did not know," said Laurie's sister, Sara Milliken, 41, of Canton. Mohamed said anyone can be a donor, and if people are interested, they should ask questions about it. For a certain subset of patients like McWilliams, who are more sick than what their diagnostic scores show, living organ donations are their best chance of getting a transplant, Mohamed said. More information can be found here. "A liver transplant is life-saving. It is one of the few things in surgery that is life-saving, in the way that it is immediately," Mohamed said. hmackay@detroitnews.com This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Oak Park man meets complete stranger who donated part of her liver to save his life

Oak Park man meets complete stranger who donated part of her liver to save his life #LiverDonation #LivingDonor #TransplantStory

Hello! My name is Michael Maattanen and I am looking for a kidney donor To learn more about my story, find out about kidney donation or be tested as a potential donor, please visit my website: www.nkr.org/PZG643 NATIONAL KIDNEY REGISTRY® FACILITATING LIVING DONOR TRANSPLANTS Please share & help me find a kidney donor.

Hi, I’m Michael Maattanen and I need a kidney donor. Learn more, get tested, or share my story at: www.nkr.org/PZG643
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A Kidney For Jason

I know BlueSky is big on helping out! Help my friend Jason with a new kidney!
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Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? Michael Maattanen Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?

My birthday is Sunday. Please consider donating or sharing this link with others. Every share increases my chances of finding a match & getting a second chance at life. Your support truly means the world! www.nkr.org/PZG643 #KidneyTransplant #KidneyDonor #SecondChance #TransplantHope #LivingDonor

Ep. 19 | Transplant Radio LIVE from ATC24 - Part 8 of 10 - Kevin Foth and Pesh Patel Podcast Episode · Eurofins Viracor - Clinical Diagnostics Talk · 03/17/2025 · 16m

Today is National Living Donor Day! 👇 Listen to our interview with A Kidney Life founder, Pesh Patel. 🎧

We sat down with Pesh, whose life took a dramatic turn when kidney disease crashed into his world. #NationalLivingDonorDay

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