Donor Search Success Stories

Bayside native Marc Perez received a life-saving kidney transplant from fellow New York City resident Aline Linden after they were connected to each other via mutual friends.

Retired CFD firefighter Patrick McDermott is crediting his wife for encouraging him to put his story out there and ABC7 viewers for stepping up to help save his life.

A Hillsborough County Public Schools employee found her kidney donor through the power of social media and workplace community after another HCPS employee responded to her plea for help at two in the morning.

Katie Zarrilli Doyen’s social media posts about her husband, Matt Doyen, needing a kidney led to one being donated on his behalf, giving him a voucher that put him higher on the National Kidney Registry’s transplant list.

After more than a decade living with kidney disease, Jim Urtel, a longtime member of New York’s harness racing community, has received a successful kidney transplant.

Nancy Gaudreau and Maureen White have known each other since t high school, and White volunteered to be tested as a match for Louis after 11 other potential donors, including family members, were rejected. She was a perfect match.

Kevin is a Veteran who endured a long and heart-wrenching journey, waiting almost four years for a life-saving kidney transplant.

A grieving family finds hope and healing when a son donates a kidney, highlighting the life-changing power of living organ donation.

For Portland firefighter Venedo Alcazar, the timing couldn’t have lined up better.

Olga Payne never expected she’d find a kidney donor just a few months after posting about her need on Facebook. A Morgan Park resident, Andi Durbin, answered the call.