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Annette Sister Donor: A Chance to Give

Daniella Duke Needs A LIVING Kidney DONOR

Getting a chance to give a kidney

Twenty-six years ago I was able to donate a kidney to my sister Daniella (we call her Didi). I was so grateful that I could do this and help her live life fully with family and friends. She is an inspiration to me!

At the time I donated the kidney I was 41, I am 67 now. Donating a kidney never got in the way of my raising my son (who is now 28), playing sports, walking, traveling, drinking good wine, tap dancing, gardening, hanging out with family and friends, and doing all that I love.

Right now a transplant for my sister means that she can untether herself from a dialysis machine, which she recently had to start. Dialysis is hard - mentally and physically.

I don’t share the fact that I donated a kidney with everyone, but when I do tell people I often feel like I was the lucky one. How often do you get a chance to affect someone’s life in this way?

Please share Didi's story so that she can find her transplant angel. https://www.thedonorapp.com/stories/56ee33d7-60d2-4a39-a0aa-679f012f4220/public/?utm_source=Patient_Anonymous&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=eq6P6uJP&sharer_type=OWN

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Become Daniella Duke's Donor

If you are considering being a living donor please use links below to contact Daniella Duke'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

Yale New Haven Transplantation Center

333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06520

(866) 925-3897 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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