Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network President and CEO Dr. Harry Wilkins is a trauma surgeon who became passionate about organ donation after hearing a mother’s painful story of loss.  He shares what Gift of Hope is doing to maximize the gift from deceased donors and their families while working to end the wait times for those in need of a life-saving transplant.

Visit giftohope.org for more information.

Marathon runner Haley Sarff-DeLong has more experience with kidneys than most. Her father was on dialysis, she’s a pediatric transplant coordinator, and this year she became a living kidney donor! She leverages her personal experience to give her patients the best care possible.

Walter and Edith Aguilar’s paths first crossed in the most unlikely place: her mom’s dialysis clinic.  What was supposed to be a brief trip to donate her kidney turned into a lifetime of love.

Glenn and Cassy Motley are navigating the transplant process together – and they’re taking their YouTube viewers along with them every step of the way.

Check out the Motleys’ YouTube channel here.

Dan Lietz’s career calling was born out of love and loss. What started as romantic relationship has become a lifelong passion for helping people “Say Yes” to organ donation.

 
This episode is brought to you by Donate Life Illinois. Follow Dan on Facebook and Instagram.

Description: WVON radio host Atiba Buchanan built his career on speaking up and speaking out.  When as an otherwise healthy young man he learned he had a silent disease called FSGS, he began to use his voice to advocate for himself and others walking the same path.

Mark & Lynn Scotch are a married pair of cyclists and living kidney donors. They chose to donate to strangers after a chance encounter in a bar, and share in-depth about the testing and donation process. Now Mark cycles the country, raising awareness about the need for more living donors.  This is an episode of Let’s Talk Hope from our friends at Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network.

Learn more about living donation on our website at nkfi.org/be-a-donor

Markie Campbell has given more than 65 dogs a second chance at life by fostering them while they wait for adopters. So when her (human) friend needed a second chance with a kidney transplant, Markie didn’t hesitate to say yes.  But what happens when the gift doesn’t last? Markie shares the complicated feelings that come with being a living kidney donor when things don’t turn out happily ever after.

 Los hispanos, latinos y afroamericanos tienen un mayor riesgo de enfermedad renal crónica y sus precursores, la diabetes y la presión arterial alta. La enfermera practicante Daniela Báez está comprometida a marcar la diferencia para estos pacientes.

Este episodio está patrocinado por NANI - Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois and Indiana. Más información en nephdocs.com

Hispanic, Latino and Black Americans are at higher risk for chronic kidney disease and its precursors, diabetes and high blood pressure. Nurse Practitioner Daniela Baez is committed to making a difference for these patients. 

This episode is sponsored by NANI - Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois and Indiana. Learn more at nephdocs.com