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Pauline May Grant

LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED

Life is a blessing and we should live the best life every day possible with love

My name is Pauline I was a professional phlebotomist for ove 15 years a job I loved taking care of people understanding the feelings they had to come in and being stuck I was gentle and up today they are still asking for me , I miss my job . Three years ago I was diagnosed with kidney failure and my life changed drastically I feel very depressed and as if I am no use to anyone anymore, I would love to go back taking care of people and I Al’s loved traveling to other countries where I lived, like Italy, England, Jamaica and now in the USA places where my grandchildren live today. It makes it very difficult for me with kidney failure , I would love to get a kidney transplant to be able to see my family again , kidney failure makes me feel useless and if my life as ended , I pray every day for that . I do have a lot of loving people around me but no Donors I think people are not aware they can live with One kidney , If I Han the possibility to give my kidney I would with love to make someone else life worth living a little longer God wanting.

3 years ago today

Life living to be an advocate for others , and see my grandchildren again they live in Italy

I’m looking for a living donor , it makes it easier for me to live with it , and to have a more fulfilling lifestyle and to go back and do the job I love so much taking care of people

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

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Yale New Haven Transplantation Center

333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06520

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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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