About Campain to Save Terry

Details for Donation:

Terry is type B, if the potential kidney donor is not a compatible blood type, Paired Donation is an option. Please share! If interested, please call 720-754-2155.
More details on living kidney donation.

Why a living kidney donor?

Dialysis is only a temporary solution. Treatment schedules are time-consuming, Terry's is 4 hrs 15 minutes treatments  3 times a week. While a patient can remain on dialysis for many years, it is not a cure for kidney disease. In fact, ten percent of patients on dialysis die each year while awaiting a kidney transplant. For some groups, such as elderly patients and patients with diabetes, there is an even greater risk. Many patients develop complications that disqualify them from the deceased donor list.

The best option for a patient waiting for a kidney is to receive one from a living donor:

Wait times for patients with living kidney donors are reduced from years to months. Reducing time on dialysis and the complications it can cause.

Transplant recipients have better outcomes with kidneys from living donors.

Kidneys transplanted from living donors may last nearly twice as long as kidneys from deceased donors.