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« on: March 05, 2015, 10:00:38 AM »


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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 05:45:25 PM »

 Sucks!!!!!!
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 06:15:47 PM »

This is like a theater of the absurd.  The inmates are running the asylum.  There should be assistance to donors through the insurance that covers the transplant.
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2015, 10:51:04 PM »

There is assistance available for living donors, as mentioned in the article.

National Living Donor Assistance Center https://www.livingdonorassistance.org/potentialdonors/applicationprocess.aspx
American Living Organ Donor Fund http://www.helplivingdonorssavelives.org/
American Transplant Foundation http://www.americantransplantfoundation.org/programs/pap/
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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7 yr transplant lost due to rejection.
She did PD Sept. 2013 - July 2017
Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
New kidney in a paired donation swap July 26, 2017.
Her story ---> https://www.facebook.com/WantedKidneyDonor
Please watch her video: http://youtu.be/D9ZuVJ_s80Y
Living Donors Rock! http://www.livingdonorsonline.org -
News video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-7KvgQDWpU
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