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18-year-old searches for a live donor after being born with underdeveloped kidneys

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By Julie Salomone Click here for updates on this story     VALRICO, Florida (WFTS) — An 18-year-old from Valrico is searching for a live kidney donor and hopes his perfect match sees his story. Roderick Johnson celebrated his 18th birthday in April. His family said he should be planning his future and dreaming about college, but instead, he’s searching for a kidney donor. “He was born with both kidneys, smaller than normal, and one of them is sm…

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A life between two transplantsThe first signs of the disease appeared in 2000, when the patient was a teenager. For a year, he underwent peritoneal dialysis treatment, until, in 2001, his father donated a kidney to him. The organ functioned successfully for over two decades, but in 2023, kidney function deteriorated, forcing a return to dialysis. The solution also came from the family: his 62-year-old mother passed all the medical evaluations an…

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A man from Bucharest received a kidney from his mother, in a transplant performed in Iași, after, more than 20 years ago, he had also received a kidney from his father.

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Despite dialysis and visits to the doctor, Linus does not lose his joy in living. Find out here how the illness affects his everyday life, where he draws his strength and which good sides the disease had.

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WFLD broke the news in Chicago, United States on Thursday, April 10, 2025.
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