Your Kidney Connection

I am a: Kidney Recipient My family has a long history with transplantation.  We have a polycystic disease that runs in our family.  My mother and uncle as well as my brother, and myself have had kidney transplants. My sister and my daughter have the disease and...

"Our Story starts with our Baby Girl who in November 2021 passed. Donated her beautiful kidneys and liver.  Our Brezhia was our 2 year old Queen."  Brezhia Soleil Colin

I am a: Kidney & Liver Donor "I donated a kidney anonymously in 2000.  When I eventually met the recipient's son after the recipient passed away 10 years later, he said his father had been near death before the transplant (he was 60 at the time.) but got all of...

I am a: Kidney Transplant Recipient "I was born with a lower urinary tract obstruction.  Even with surgery to fix the obstruction, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Kidney Disease.  As I grew, the disease progressed until I was in complete kidney failure.  In May 2020,...

I am a Caregiver: "My 18 year old son, Xavier received a life changing kidney transplant when he was 3 years old thanks to his donor Sam McCrow for saying, "Yes" to organ, eye and tissue donation.  Xavier just graduated from High School.  Sam and his family are our...

"My family has a genetic kidney disease.  When my brother needed a kidney, I did not want to watch him to go through many years of dialysis like my dad. I volunteered to be his living donor and I was a match. Being a living donor was a great experience. And my...