Update: Shane received a kidney transplant today from a deceased donor. We are extremely grateful to the donor and their family for such a generous donation. As you know, he has been on dialysis and on the recipient list for over 650 days. The average length on the list is 2 to 5 years, usually waiting for an unfortunate tragedy leading to a cadaver organ. Many of his friends as well as his wife have tried to donate, but have not qualified for one reason or another. So, we need to spread the request far and wide!

Dialysis is keeping him alive and we are extremely grateful; however, the side effects are numerous:

• Anemia
• Elevated Infection Risk
• Heart/Blood Pressure Complications
• Itchy Skin
• Lack of Sleep
• Leg cramps
• Fatigue

If you are willing to be checked out as a donor, please check out Mayo’s webpage:

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/…/transplant/tab/resource-36/

And this brochure:

https://unos.org/wp-cont…/uploads/unos/Living_Donation-1.pdf

Shane has type A blood; however, you can do a paired donation; where if you are not a match, you can still help an intended recipient get a kidney. Here is more information about paired donation:https://unos.org/transplant/kidney-paired-donation/

If you don't qualify as a living donor, please consider being an organ donor after you pass. Go to donatelife.net to learn more.

To find out more about Shane, click here.