US EditionMan who donated kidney to brother urges others to become ‘live’ donors
- Stuart Morrison from Wymondham, Norfolk, donated a kidney to his brother Craig, saving him from dialysis treatment after Craig was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2022.
- Craig's kidneys began to fail due to complications from the autoimmune disease, which was discovered because of vision problems.
- Following the diagnosis, Stuart quickly volunteered as a donor and began testing within a fortnight of Craig being placed on the transplant list, with the operation taking place the following year.
- Stuart is now sharing his experience and supporting the Make Your Mark campaign by the Robert Dangoor Partnership for Living Kidney Donation to encourage others to consider living donation, highlighting that dialysis can be 'grueling'.
- With over 6,000 people in the UK waiting for a kidney transplant and six dying each week, Stuart emphasizes the immediate and life-changing impact of his donation, stating, "If I had to do it all again, knowing what I now know about the process, I would say yes in a heartbeat," and noting that both his and Craig's lives have returned to normal.
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Hastings Tribune
union-bulletin.com‘He is my lifeline’: Man in limbo after brother from Venezuela is detained by ICE while trying to donate kidney
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Chicago Tribune
Man in limbo after brother from Venezuela is detained while trying to donate kidney
For the past year, three days a week for four hours, Alfredo Pacheco, 37, has been undergoing dialysis. Most days, even if he feels ill, he pushes himself to work after the procedure, thinking of his three young children who wait to see him again one day back in Venezuela. As time passes, however, he feels weaker and a bit more tired every day, he said. Pacheco was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease not long after arriving in Chicago seekin…
My daughter needed a kidney. I gave her mine.
Right now, more than 25 kids in San Diego are stuck on dialysis, their childhoods paused. No playgrounds. No sleepovers. No school field trips. Just hours each week hooked up to a machine that’s keeping them alive while they wait for a kidney. This is a gut-wrenching reality at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. Donating a kidney could change everything for these kids. What many people don’t realize (and I didn’t either, at first) is that most …
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