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William Johnson

LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED

Hello my name is William Johnson, and I'm passionate about raising my eight year old and seeing him grow up. I have been diagnosed with kidney ever since August 2015. I had four surgeries to remove tumors until they could not continue removing them. So in December of 2015 VA hospital removed my left kidney and urethra , because of kidney cancer. I went on dialysis in November 2018 and went on the kidney transplant program.

Well having kidney failure has changed my life because it makes you thing how much time you have left on this earth. It also restricts me when it comes to traveling to other places because I have to make special arrangements so I can take my dialysis machine with me and coordinate with my supplier as to where to send my dialysis supplies. Having a new kidney from a live donor would greatly change my life, it would give me a piece of mind when it comes to living a full life and I would be able to know I will be around to rise my last and youngest son to adulthood.

I William Johnson am looking for a live donor because with a live donor the kidney would last longer, start working in my body within a years time. My blood type is AB positive so I'm asking anyone who sees my post to share with others. The VA hospital will take care of all cost pertaining to the transplant . And if anyone is worry about what might happen to them as far as donating a kidney in the future and them needing one themselves you would be put first on the kidney donors list. You would not have to wait long like me and I hoping and praying someone will see my post and would like to donate me a kidney.

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Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030

(713) 794-8767 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.