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The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is pleased to announce that all kidney patient microsites now include three animated videos designed to help potential living kidney donors better understand the donation process. The videos include: These videos, which are available in both English and Spanish, are designed to help potential donors understand key aspects of living …

In April of 2025, 15-year-old Shafer Davis received a living kidney donation from his oldest sister, Shayli, at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

For years, Ambrealle Brown was forced to put her dreams of becoming a nurse on hold due to a life-threatening kidney disease that left her temporarily incapacitated.

There are only so many ways to ask someone for their kidney. Daniel Kozlovsky III has tried them all. Little did he know, one of the days he would ask, he’d meet a former donor and now friend.

Alex Phillips donated one of her kidneys to her fiance, Clayton Hare, to save his life.

Amiee Lovell, 53, is nearing the one-year anniversary of receiving a living donor kidney at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Jeff Blumenfeld was in need of a living kidney donor, but nobody in his immediate family met the qualifications to be a match for him. A woman in Boulder, Colorado, was able to secure Jeff a kidney voucher by donating a kidney on his behalf.

It was 2022 when life changed for Tyler Forbush. Three years and seven failed kidney donor match hopefuls later, his quality of life was fading fast. Then, Alyssa Tovar, a cousin in San Antonio, Texas, whom he’d only ever met twice, tested as a perfect match.

After a 2023 diagnosis of chronic kidney failure, a Port Richmond man was desperate to find a donor. In late 2024, a family member stepped up.

Living with Stage 4 kidney disease, Val Hale discusses the process and blessing of receiving a kidney from his son.