Buddy can you spare a kidney?

Buddy can you spare a kidney?
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February 20, 11:47 AM
by David Cooper, NY Jewish Culture Examiner

The following organ donor request was received from the Metro NY Region of United Synagogues, and because of its urgency I am sharing it here:

Dear Friends,

I am renewing my request for a kidney donor for my husband Bob, because a potential donor dropped out. Here is his bio. Please don't hesitate to send it on to other lists.

While over the past year my husband Bob's right leg was amputated due to a strep infection, and he lost all kidney function and is on dialysis three times a week, he maintains an active and upbeat life with me and our family. He attends classes in Hebrew and Bible, a third in ceramics; we visit our New York and New Jersey grandchildren weekly; attend all family functions as well as weekly Shabbat services; go to concerts, lectures and movies and regularly entertain at home for Shabbat.

A kidney transplant would free Bob from dialysis and better enable us to visit our daughter, son in law and four grandchildren in Jerusalem (where we used to visit 2-3 times a year) where Yaniv will be bar mitzvah and Gabriella bat mitzvah at the end of August.

Bob is on the UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) list for a kidney transplant and his blood type is O.

If you or anyone you know is interested in learning more about becoming a kidney donor, you can contact me; get information online at HODS.org, or the Rogosin Institute in NYC, where Bob is listed. The contact person is Marian Charlton, RN 212-746-1742. If you live outside the> New York Metro area, she can tell you how to proceed. We will be happy to cover costs for out of towners.

We appreciate anything you can do to spread the word!

Joy Perla

http://www.examiner.com/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m2d20-Metro-NY-Region-of-United-Synagogues-kidney-donor-request