Donor Search Success Stories

Scott Lee of Colorado, who had been fighting Goodpasture syndrome for 20 years, received a life-saving kidney donation just before the holidays.

There’s an update on one of Santa’s helpers we first introduced you to last year. At the time, Dan Reed was waiting for a kidney transplant.. and his health was failing. Now, he’s back to work.

When Debbie Coleman was diagnosed with stage 5 renal failure, the race was on to find a suitable donor. Debbie’s husband Tom donated a kidney on her behalf using the NKR’s Voucher Program, which allowed Debbie to find a match within the network’s registry nine months later.

Aaron got a lot of surprises for his ninth birthday. He went on his first Disney cruise. And he got a special gift from a Florida Keys scuba diver, one he will carry with him for the rest of his life: a new kidney.

A former Fayette County deputy is getting her own Christmas miracle with word that a kidney transplant match has been found.

Retired CBS 17 meteorologist Bill Reh, who has polycystic kidney disease, and his wife of 37 years, Shields Reh, talk about her decision to donate one of her kidneys to him after his kidney function declined to nearly the level requiring dialysis.

“They saved each other,” Amanda McCowen said of what their daughter wrote in a diary. “They’re both heroes. They saved each other.”

Sitting inside his home in early December, Davis reflected on the year that saw him battle kidney disease, undergo dialysis for 18 months, and ultimately receive a life-saving transplant from an anonymous donor.

A man’s generous act to help a friend led to a life-saving discovery of his own. Robb Layne volunteered as a living organ donor to help Doris Pittell, who, at 79 years old, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease.

Shelby Vollnogle, who operates Beefy Buckaroo food truck, is donating a kidney to an ailing customer.