Darrin Graham Needs a Kidney

05/01/2024

03/09/2023

03/09/2023

Today is ! 37 million adults in America are coping with chronic kidney disease, with many undergoing dialysis treatment and thousands currently waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant.

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania underscored the importance of kidney health by signing a proclamation honoring today as Kidney Awareness Day. We encourage all Pennsylvanians to learn more about kidney disease prevention and make your own impact by signing up to be a registered organ donor.

Read Governor Shapiro’s full proclamation here: https://bit.ly/3yqH9oo

03/09/2023

Today is ! 37 million adults in America are coping with chronic kidney disease, with many undergoing dialysis treatment and thousands currently waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant.

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania underscored the importance of kidney health by signing a proclamation honoring today as Kidney Awareness Day. We encourage all Pennsylvanians to learn more about kidney disease prevention, and make your own impact by signing up to be a registered organ donor.

Read Governor Shapiro’s full proclamation here: http://ow.ly/BrCK50Ne8vj

03/09/2023

Happy ! Maintaining kidney health is vital to your overall health – your kidneys filter waste from your blood, help regulate your blood pressure, and are critical to other bodily functions. For people with end-stage kidney disease, UPMC offers living-donor kidney transplants as a first-line treatment. This life-saving treatment is possible because even though a living donor is born with two kidneys, they can live a full and healthy life with just one. Visit our website to learn more. https://bddy.me/3ysAzO8

03/09/2023

03/08/2023

Please consider becoming a Living Donor:

Darrin is a 46 year old local family man with 6 kids. Darrin is very active in his children’s lives - he plays a balancing act.

Darrin is waiting for his third kidney transplant, he has been on the kidney transplant list for 7 years. The first time his kidneys failed he was 15 years old. His last kidney lasted 14 years.

He is currently doing dialysis 3 days a week for 4 hours a day. This is very draining on him mentally, and physically . But he doesn’t let this stop him from being a great father to his children. He goes to all their sporting events, plays catch with them he helps takes care of his 6 year old son who was born with congenital heart disease and has had 5 open heart surgeries.

Darrin’s Blood Type is 0+. If are not a match and want to donate they have a program that you can donate to someone you match with and they will have to find Darrin a kidney.

Please share this post to help reach a possible donor.

https://livingdonorreg.upmc.com/

03/08/2023

Darrin Graham still needs a kidney. Please consider becoming a living donor. Please reach out if you would consider donating a kidney or to receive information ℹ️.

UPDATE: "He's still really tired all the time and getting dizzy more frequently," Rhiannon Graham said about her husband Darrin who is awaiting a kidney transplant. "We're just hoping we can find a...

03/08/2023

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03/08/2023

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03/08/2023

March is . It’s another opportunity to spotlight the need for kidney transplants. Millions of Americans are suffering from chronic kidney disease, and more than 90,000 men, women, and children are waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant. Unfortunately, communities of color are more likely to suffer kidney failure and make up more than half of the patients on the transplant waitlist.

At Gift of Life Donor Program, we encourage everyone to register to become an organ donor. We also work with our dedicated hospital partners to promote healthy living and disease prevention. Healthy lifestyles can reduce the risk of debilitating illnesses like chronic kidney disease.

Our work continues until every person on the waitlist receives a second chance at life.

Sign up to become an organ donor today. It takes less than a minute: www.donors1.org/register