Donor Diaries

How Do You Ask Somebody For a Kidney? | EP 1


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How do you ask somebody for a kidney?

 Meet Johnna, a Chicago area woman with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD).  Johnna is in stage 5 kidney failure and needs a kidney transplant.  She can wait 5-7 years for a deceased donor kidney to become available, or she can find a friend or family member to become a living kidney donor on her behalf, and get a new kidney right now.  Find out what happens when Johnna’s longtime friend Mary decides to step forward to be tested as a match!

Episode Links
Johnna Needs a Kidney
PKD Foundation
Donor Diaries
Organ Donor Registry (deceased donation)
National Kidney Donor Organization (NKDO) (living donation)

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Donor DiariesBy Laurie Lee