Janey Young
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I am passionate about living donation, having worked for the past 10 years at the Transplant Center at UC Davis Health, with chronically ill kidney disease patients. These patients are desperately waiting for a kidney transplant and some, unfortunately, die waiting as their disease progresses. I am a fearless cheerleader, reminding my patients to stay active, to be patient, and encouraging them to find a living donor: and that a healthy person can live a normal life with just one kidney. I am truly blessed to be in excellent health so decided to “practice what I preach” and donated a kidney to one of my patients. She was discharged on Thanksgiving Day 2020 with my left kidney. If I could regrow that kidney, I would do it again!
16-I Love You With All My Kidney (Jamie needs a donor)
Jamie is a 35 year old wife, mother, and teacher. She was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) at the age of 16. She has a rapidly progressive form of the disease and is already having to face the idea …