A stem cell transplant cured Arash of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia when he was 16. Years later, his stepmother's living kidney donation saved his life. Today, this healthy registered nurse is giving back by volunteering!
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Potential Living Kidney Donors
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- A total of 23,401 kidney transplants were performed in 2019, of those transplants only 6,867 of them were from living donors.
- 17 people die every day awaiting a kidney transplant.
- A living donor helps two people, the one they are giving the organ to and the next person on the waiting list.
- If 1 out of 10,000 people become a living kidney donor, the waiting list for kidneys would be eliminated.
- 97% of living donors say they would do it again if they could.
Contact
Please contact Donate Life Northwest at livingdonation@donatelifenw.org and visit our Living Donation Page for more information.
J. Grant
J. Grant is full of surprises. He donated a kidney at age 69, and was soon racking up 1,995 miles on a bicycle tour through every county in Oregon.