DONOR | Ryan's Story

Ryan O'Neil

LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED

Live your best, and act your best, and think your best, for there’s no promise of tomorrow.

My name is Ryan and I have kidney failure. Ten years ago when I was 25, I was diagnosed with FSGS and other minor hereditary complications. I was always active in my community and adult sports, but as time dwindled so did my health.

Recently, I was introduced to peritoneal dialysis, and would have nightly sessions to help with reducing toxins. It’s taking toll, but I have a great support group, who are actively going through tests to help me, but I’m reaching out for a little more.

A transplant would be the world to me, literally. I’ll be able to get back into the joyous things in life and travel more with a second chance. I feel so stuck but a transplant would mean I can be me again.

If you have a chance, help a friend that is going through this by donating or send to someone to help a stranger live a fuller life.

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Become Ryan O'Neil's Donor

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

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Johns Hopkins Hospital

1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD, 21287

(410) 614-9345 Email Transplant Center

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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.

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