Kidney for Windsor, Cincinnati, OH (2026)

03/13/2026

Dear Team Windsor,

We have some exciting news!! Windsor is getting her new kidney! The surgery date is set for March 30th. We are excited, scared, happy, and overwhelmed! This is such a blessing!

We want to thank you for all the support, care, patience, and compassion you’ve shown to Windsor and our family during this challenging season.

Most of all, thank you for your prayers, always! We’ll keep you posted every step of the way!

Much love,
The Mayos

03/07/2026

Hello, Team Windsor.

Our girl is home! She is weak and very tired, but resilient as always. It will take some time to see whether her kidneys recover to their former level, or settle and stabilize at a lower level… but she is stabilizing, and that’s the important part!

We want to express our gratitude to this community for all the prayers, care, and compassion you’ve shown over the last week… and always.

Much love,
The Mayos

03/04/2026

Hello, team Windsor. Our girl has had a rough few days and is admitted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The doctors suspect she has strep throat and are treating her with antibiotics. As I’ve mentioned so many times, random illnesses that circulate and are shaken off by most people… those can hit really hard when you have chronic kidney disease. The stress of this illness has caused what’s called Acute Kidney Injury. It may take some time for her kidneys to stabilize from this episode. Thank you all for your prayers for Windsor and for our medical team at CCH. 💚

03/01/2026

Dear friends and family,

Happy Rare Disease Day! Thank you for celebrating Windsor and for your love and prayers throughout the years.

As we welcome 2026, the Mayo family continues to be so thankful for our home in Loveland, Ohio… our church family, ABC Therapy, our school team, Off the List, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. We count our blessings daily.

This has been a year of waiting… Many of you may remember when preschool Windsor shocked us by verbalizing a full sentence, “I don’t wait!” Teenage Windsor, however, has shown remarkable patience, resilience, and joy and contentment in the face of hardship. Truly, she humbles me on a daily basis. In the face of crushing fatigue, achy legs, belly aches, and other medical struggles, her spirit shines brightly. We are almost 18 months into Windsor’s search for a living kidney donor. If you might be willing to donate a kidney for Windsor, you can learn more at www.windsormayo.com 💚

The Mayo family overall has had a busy year of medical appointments, cheerleading, school, and work. James continues to enjoy his ministry at Loveland Heights Church of Christ and I continue to enjoy my work in special education with Mason City Schools. Our dog Tobah is a little old man now at 13 years old and has had significant health issues this year. We thought he might be saying goodbye to us, but with fantastic veterinary care and a lot of coddling at home, he is making a recovery. No matter his own struggle, he still does his best to look after his little human… and I know he will every day he’s still with us. Windsor is our beacon of light! She might be tired, but she still loves cheerleading at school for the basketball team and she works hard four days per week after school to master new skills at ABC Therapy. Windsor likes books, music, soft blankets, and adventures.

Thank you for celebrating Rare Disease Day with a blue ribbon today. We will be celebrating World Kidney Day with a green ribbon on March 12. (If you’d like a green ribbon, please let us know!) Feel free to wear your ribbons and tag Kidney for Windsor on Facebook or Kidney4Windsor on Instagram!

Specific prayer requests this year: first and foremost, please pray that Windsor remains stable and healthy from illnesses like the flu (which are hard on kidneys!) Pray that a healthy, eligible kidney donor is approved for Windsor. Finally, please pray for peace, kindness, and compassion in our world.

Much Love,
The Mayos

02/19/2026

Would you like to wear a ribbon for Windsor? This year we will celebrating Windsor and raising awareness on Rare Disease Day (Feb 28) and World Kidney Day (March 12). Send me a private message with your address if you’d like ribbons!💚💙

02/08/2026

Happy Super Bowl Sunday from our favorite little fan 🏈💚💙 Windsor may be bigger now, but she’ll always be repping her Seahawks with spirit! Today we’re cheering not just for the team on the field, but for strength, hope, and the next step on Windsor’s kidney journey. Your love and support mean the world to our family. Go team, go Windsor!

01/11/2026

Some of the most important support in our lives doesn’t happen in big, visible ways. It happens quietly, in hallways, classrooms, living rooms, and ordinary moments that turn out to be anything but ordinary.

On days when Windsor is exhausted at school… when her body just doesn’t have what the day is asking of it… she has Mar. Mar will hold Windsor’s hand. She will hold space for her feelings. And sometimes, quite literally, she will hold her up.

There is no fanfare. No spotlight. Just steady presence, kindness, and compassion. The kind of care that says, day in and day out, You are not alone, and you don’t have to do this by yourself.

This is what support really looks like for families waiting for a kidney transplant. It’s not just medical teams and appointments (though we are deeply grateful for those). It’s the people who show up day after day. The ones who notice when Windsor is fading and step in without being asked. The ones who treat her with dignity, patience, and love on the hard days… not just the good ones.

To the aides, teachers, friends, caregivers, and helpers who walk this road with us - thank you. You are part of how Windsor gets through her days. You are part of how we get through ours.

We carry so much hope for a future where Windsor has more energy, more strength, and fewer days like this. Until then, we are held up by people like Mar… and by all of you who support Windsor in ways big and small.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. 💚

01/01/2026

New year. Same brave girl. Same hope.

Windsor is still waiting for a kidney transplant, and our family’s New Year wish is that this could be the year everything changes. We’re deeply thankful for the people who keep showing up… sharing her story and taking the time to learn what living kidney donation really means.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you could help Windsor, this might be your moment to learn more… or to share her story with someone who might.

This new year, we’re keeping the light of hope shining. And we’re so grateful for everyone who carries it with us.

💚 www.windsormayo.com

12/25/2025

This Christmas, we’re grateful for you! For every prayer, every share, every quiet word of encouragement… thank you for walking with us.

While many families are wrapped up in the rush and sparkle of the season, our Christmas looks a little different. It includes appointments, waiting, and holding hope close. And still, there is so much light. Windsor shows us that every day!

If you’re looking for a simple way to help this season, sharing Windsor’s story keeps that light shining. You never know whose heart it might reach, or whose “yes” could change everything.

From our family to yours, thank you for being part of this story.

May your Christmas be filled with peace, kindness, and hope that carries into the new year. 🎄

12/24/2025

Happy Christmas Eve from Windsor and Santa!

12/23/2025

Christmas Eve Eve (Dec 23) has its own kind of magic… the last “unofficial” day before the flurry of the holiday. For a lot of kids, it’s Christmas movies or baking cookies for Santa or a last-minute festive outing to soak up the glow of holiday lights.

For Windsor, it was a long morning at Cincinnati Children’s, including a check-in with her transplant surgeon, followed by two therapies this afternoon.

She did what she always does… showed up and kept going.

And then she fell asleep in the car on the way home.

I’m not sharing this for pity. Just to say that waiting for a kidney transplant means some days look very different than we wish they did, especially during the holidays. And Windsor carries that with a quiet strength that humbles me.

If you’ve ever considered living kidney donation and want to learn more, please visit www.windsormayo.com 💚

Sharing Windsor’s story today may help lead us to the Christmas miracle we’ve been hoping for.

12/17/2025

If you know Windsor, you know how much she loves cheerleading.

Her cheer team Limitless isn’t just an activity for her. It’s joy, belonging, music, movement, and people she loves. On cheer days, she usually counts down the hours. It matters to her.

So when it was almost time to get dressed for last night’s basketball game, and Windsor said, “No no!” I knew something was off.

She had already been resting since she got home from school and therapy. Windsor doesn’t always have all the words to explain what her body is feeling, but a little later she added one quiet word: “Tired.”

And that word carries a lot of weight.

Stage 4 kidney disease fatigue isn’t ordinary tiredness. It’s not about motivation or attitude or pushing through. It’s a deep, full-body exhaustion that can arrive without warning and take everything with it.

Last night, listening to her body meant not cheering… even though she wanted to. Windsor put herself to bed at 6:15 and slept straight through the night.

This is the reality of life with chronic illness. The moments people don’t always see. The strength it takes to stop. The courage it takes to say no to something you love.

We’re incredibly proud of Windsor… her joy, her resilience, and her growing ability to listen to her body and advocate for herself. And we keep sharing her story because this is what waiting for a kidney looks like in real life. 💚

If you’d like to learn more about living kidney donation, please visit www.windsormayo.com 💚

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