Dad of 4 needs a Kidney

01/04/2025

Veteran Sean Fennessey working with DOVE's Kidney Transplant program.

08/14/2024

12/03/2023

Update: After a week in the hospital, Sean was discharged on Friday. Continuing antibiotics, able to resume dialysis as normal, and lots of rest to get his strength back up

This Dad of 4 really needs a kidney! ♥️
If you’ve ever thought about being a donor, please consider getting tested.
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lvhn.org/livingdonor

12/01/2023

Sooo excited to see their Dad!

11/30/2023

About 2 weeks ago, Sean got peritonitis. Discovered that there was a hole in his catheter, which ended up being an easy fix, and they were able to replace that part of the catheter. He was given antibiotics and continued to do antibiotics throughout the week. He was feeling a little bit better by Thanksgiving but still not back to normal. By Saturday, he was in excruciating pain and was unable to drain. After we spent two hours at the dialysis center, where the nurse was trying different methods to get him to drain, I took him to the ER.
I have never experienced a time at the ER where we got into a room as quickly as we did on Saturday. The triage staff there was amazing at expediting what was going on. Sean‘s blood pressure was extremely high, 188/104, so they did an EKG and once they got him into his room, gave him an IV and pain medication and admitted him. He had an x-ray to make sure that the catheter wasn’t out of place. And they talked about possibly doing surgery.
By Monday he had a procedure to try to clear the blockage in the catheter, but there was a lot of scar tissue. So he was still unable to do dialysis.
Last night he had surgery that successfully cleaned up the scar tissue and allowed for the catheter to work. He’s been able to resume dialysis again. They are monitoring him and he’s just waiting to see when they are OK to release him.

January will mark 3 years since he started dialysis and it’s been more than 3 years since he was put on the list for a kidney transplant.

He needs a kidney

07/15/2023

Who can donate:
Anyone who is not diabetic and is between the ages of 18-70 years old, can be tested.
It doesn’t matter where you live.
Doesn’t matter what your blood type is.
Donor evaluation is free and completely confidential. If you were a match and decided to donate, Sean’s insurance would cover everything.

Donors can apply at www.lvhn.org/livingdonor
The more people that apply, the better the chances are of finding a suitable donor