Donor Search Success Stories

John Bourjaily feels blessed to be alive this Christmas after receiving a kidney from his daughter.

Through a friendship forged by a shared love of Harry Potter, Megan Carpenter donated her kidney to her best friend, Misty Brooks, giving her a new lease on life just before the holidays.

When Ron Gurley’s wife put out a call for kidney donors to his local triathlon club, training buddy Sheila Gibson stepped up.

A Kansas State University senior from Wichita is in end-stage kidney failure. She just found out that one of her classmates has stepped up to be her organ donor.

Back in 2014, Dan Christner was told by doctors that he was most likely going to need a kidney transplant at some point in his life. Nearly a decade later, the time finally came.

This Thanksgiving, a Baldwin County woman is giving a New Hampshire teen something to be thankful for: the gift of life. Bethany Agee is donating a kidney as a living donor.

When Columbus Blue Jackets staff member Lindy Noel learned The Athletic sports writer Aaron Portzline needed a kidney, she went through the testing and was approved to donate one to him.

Two families at one Charlotte school crossed paths because one’s child needed a kidney. What they got in return was immeasurable.

Alex Gonzalez, a 40-year-old married father of two school-age daughters, learned last spring that he needed a life-saving kidney transplant. “Disbelief,” Gonzalez said. “I kept it to myself for a while.”

63-year-old Chapel Hill resident Anne Kelly and 69-year-old Clayton resident Debra Norris share their unique story of selflessness and gratitude and an instant unbreakable bond through one kidney.