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Calandra Gray

Lamont Gray Needs A LIVING Kidney DONOR

Lamont Gray is my husband of 21 years! Will be 22 this month. I enjoy Talking and laughing with him and at him. Watching movies just spending time together. He is caring has a great heart and he is extremely hard headed, but I do love him!

Being in kidney failure Lamont has lost a great amount of weight. He’s always tired more than before. His life is just changing before my eyes. He misses out on his grandchildren daily adventures and his youngest son’s activities. He be wanting to go fishing with his cousin and oldest son but he is constantly tired. If Lamont was able to get a living donor transplant he would be more alert with his grandchildren he would laugh more. He would be able to attend his son football games in Florida. He would be able to enjoy Fishing.

We are praying for a kidney transplant from a living donor. Please reach out and share our stories with family, friends and family friends. If they are interested in getting tested I will help them in what is needed and all testing expenses will be paid for and all they will need to do is contact us for us to give them more information. We thank everyone for all their support and prayers.

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

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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Bowman Gray Campus, 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC, 27157

(336) 713-5685 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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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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