Donor Search Success Stories

A 32-year-old Missouri man has a new lease on life, thanks to a stranger who donated his kidney after seeing a desperate Facebook post.

When Amanda DaSilva first received news of her son’s diagnosis, she never imagined that they would be graced with a miracle less than a year later.

An Andover High School English teacher has found a kidney, and her “champ,” in a Methuen man who cleared the way for her upcoming kidney transplant.

When Abel Linares’ kidney was failing, his two older daughters tried to help by donating their kidneys — but only his youngest daughter was a match.

Marshall County band teacher Nathan Haskew chose to donate a kidney to a friend, Stephen McClendon, a fellow deacon at Albertville First Baptist Church. McClendon’s kidneys started to shut down years ago when he returned from a mission trip in Texas.

Ahead of this weekend’s Kidney Walk, a family share their story of a Colorado Springs boy in need of a kidney transplant receiving help from a special donor.

Right now, there are more than 100-thousand Americans on the national transplant waiting list. One northwest Iowa man spent years on that list but now is on the road to recovery thanks to a friendship formed over an old car that led to a life-saving gift.

Forever connected: Longtime Thurston County tourism promoter given new kidney and lease on life from Rochester real estate agent Diane Weaver Simms.

When his friend’s life was on the line, a San Diego man answered the call and donated his kidney despite living about 2,000 miles away in Wisconsin.

Suzanne Perry is on a mission to find a kidney donor, and she’s not shy about sharing her story. “I have kidney failure. I had a cancerous tumor on one kidney. The other kidney is fading very quickly because of dialysis,” said Perry.