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Betty Moore

LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED

Having hypertension means having to take mutiple medications so that I can function day to day.

I have to do dialysis every day at home for 9 hours. Sometimes its hard since I am on cycler and it pulls my insides so hard to the point in which I want to stop doing dialysis but I know that I cant, my life means to much.

This is the most difficult thing that I have every had to write. I am in need of a kidney transplant. I need to let my family and friends know about my condition. I am currently on the transplant list and I have been on it for the last 9 months. I am on dialysis every night for 9 hours in my home on a machine, which I am thankful for, which keeps me alive and I am thankful to God for that. I still work as a Patient Care Tech taking care of clients who need me. By the time I get off I am exhausted but I know that I have to set up my machine which takes awhile to do, then I get on my machine to begin my dialysis. This is EVERY DAY FOR 9 HOURS! I am pursing a living donor for two main reasons, ( but there are nany others), kidneys from living donors last, on average, twice as long as kidneys from deceased donors and the waiting list for a deceased donor kidney could be more than 5 years. If you feel like you are that person that can help me please feel free to contact my Live Donor Coordinator:
Ashley Sauers 410-502-6102
Asuers1@jhmi.edu
Or you can go to
WWW.hopkinsmedicine.org/transplant to learn more about Live Donors.

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Become Betty Moore's Donor

If you are considering being a living donor please use links below to contact Betty Moore's Transplant Center. Begin by completing the donor questionnaire

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(INQUIRES ARE 100% CONFIDENTIAL)

Becoming a Kidney DONOR Find a Transplant Center near you

Johns Hopkins Hospital

1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287

(410) 614-9345 Email Transplant Center

Did you know?

Medical expenses for living organ donors are 100% covered, and inquires from potential donors are 100% confidential! Contact the Transplant Center to learn more about living donation.

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Share the Importance of Living Donation

There are currently 120,000 people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant in the U.S. Of these, 100,000 await kidney transplants.

The median wait time for a kidney transplant is 3-5 years and can vary depending on health, compatibility, and where you live.

In 2014, 17,107 kidney transplants took place in the U.S. Of these, 11,570 came from deceased donors and 5,537 came from living donors.

Every 14 minutes someone is added to the kidney transplant waitlist.

A kidney from a living donor lasts longer and begins functioning more quickly than a kidney from a deceased donor.

In 1995, kidney donation became minimally invasive with a procedure called laparoscopic nephrectomy, which only requires four small incisions. Hospital stay is typically only 3 days after this operation.

Not blood type compatible with your recipient to be a living donor? Kidney Paired Donation (the “kidney swap” program) enables incompatible candidates with a living donor to receive a kidney from a compatible donor.

Last year, over 700 living donor kidney transplants occurred using Kidney Paired Donation.