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I need a Miracle!
Wednesday, 04 November 2009 03:19
Servent of God
Hello my name is Belinda Kirkendall, I just turned 51, mother, wife and grandmother of 3 beautiful angels.....:). My kidney disease started 11 yrs. ago, within 4 mo. of finding out I had kidney disease I was on dialysis. Dialysis lasted 4 months, because my half sister who lived in Florida gave me a kidney. The kidney lasted 9 years. Such a shock it was when I lost the kidney, I prayed and prayed and then more prayers, but it just stopped. I told myself I would NEVER go on dialysis again. I hated it so much. It's just not a very good quality of life. And there is so many problems that come up with dialysis. You don't know from one day to another whats going to happen. High Blood Pressure, the diet, the fluid intake, it all is so hard to do. But when it came time to make the critical decision I looked into those big beautiful brown eyes of my 3 yr. old grandaughter. In that instant I knew I wanted to LIVE, live for those babies that I loved so much. So I started dialysis again....:( It has been a year and a half. I had several people tested but no one matched. After you have onetransplant your bodie builds up antibodies and it makes it very difficult to find one that matches. I keep praying that my kidney comes soon. So many things can go wrong on dialysis, very quickly too. I wish people understood how much a living donor does for a person. Not only does it save there life, but it saves the people who love the person needing the organ. My kidney disease has effected everyone in my family. My half-sister was only 26 when she gave me her kidney. She says she has no regrets, it was one of the most gratifying things she has ever done. And God knows how much I love and admire her for doing what she did. I know there is a kidney some where out there that matches me, a great match so I can get on with my life. I feel like I have so much more to give. I want so much to see my grandbabies grow up. So if there is anyone who would want to be tested please call Luthren Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN / Cindy in Kidney Transplant, and tell her you would like to be tested for Belinda Kirkendall. It's a simple blood test they send you to take to the hospital. If the intial type matches they due more test on the blood. And then they go from there. They can give you all the information you could ever need for the entire procedure. If you read this story please pray about it....and if not for me, maybe it would be for someone else in need of a kidney. God Bless! Belinda
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 November 2009 18:50
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SOMEONE PLEASE HELP MY MOM....
Friday, 07 August 2009 21:39
Jacqueline
My mom is 48 years old and in desperate need of a kidney. SHe is a mother of 2, a wife, and grandmother of 8. She is very special to our family in many ways. She is always there for everyone, to lend a helping hand, some good advice, or just a shoulder to cry on. She lost one kidney many years ago, and her one kidney is functioning at 9%. She starts dialysis on Monday and is truly scared to death. We love her, and like many people, do not want to lose her over this. Many family members have went through the screening process to donate and for one reason or another have been excluded. We are now looking to our community and honestly even a strangers help. Have you ever wanted to do something noble and very heroic? Donating your kidney to someone in need would be just that...if not to my mom, please consider this beautiful gift you can give someone who is in dire need. If you would like to be screened to donate for my mom..you can reach me at
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Last Updated on Sunday, 09 August 2009 16:41
Media Saves Lives 1 Person at a Time!
Friday, 07 August 2009 12:46
administrator
I want to thank Save 1 Person for helping to facilitate the kidney transplant that ultimately saved my life. Thanks to the organization's media network, I am again a healthy husband, employer, son, brother, friend and, most important, father of four great kids, with another on the way. I am just one small example of how the media can make a difference.
In 2004, I was a 36-year-old father of three children under 5, dependent on dialysis for life support. But dialysis was racking my body. My blood pressure skyrocketed as high as 280/180. Doctors were afraid I'd suffer a stroke or worse. I was already suffering severe migraines which were debilitating for up to 12 hours after dialysis was over. Due to a prior transplant (after a 7 year wait) and blood transfusions, I was a difficult person to "match," as I'd built up antibodies to the most common antigens found in most of the population.
Thanks to my wife getting the word out to friends and family, nearly 100 people were tested for me. That's the power of the internet. Friends passed her appeal onto friends. All this forwarding landed her email in the inbox of Save 1 Person, an organization that highlights one person in the media weekly who needs a medical miracle. Thank God, Lauren found it worthy enough to highlight my situation a Save 1 Person news break and distribute it to her media contacts across the globe. Our miracle was in motion when Alice Stockton Rossini of 1010 WINS picked up the Save 1 Person news break and ran a story on me. As a result, hundreds of people called my hospital to inquire about getting tested. We were looking for a needle in a haystack and 1010 WINS cast the wide net we needed. Among those who called was a lovely woman from the Bronx named Regina Grebb.
Many people hear a heart-wrenching story and they want to help. They even take the first step, but fear understandably takes over. Relatives dissuade their good intentions. A spouse puts his foot down. Second thoughts settle in. Regina was tenacious every step of the way, as we later learned (at the time, everything was kept from us. This is done so the potential recipient can't make contact with the potential donor and possibly attempt to coerce, bribe or otherwise influence the decision). Ultimately, Regina was the needle in the haystack and a date was set. We both came through the surgery with flying colors. My wife met her parents in the waiting room and they cried and prayed together. The afternoon after the surgery, Regina and I were allowed to meet. It remains one of the most pivotal and spiritual moments of my life. It's like meeting your own guardian angel. When I asked her why she did it, she said “I felt it was something I was meant to do and if it could save a life, why not?” But Regina didn't stop there. She went on to pursue her dream of motherhood, despite being single. She had a successful pregnancy with one kidney and is now the mother of a beautiful 14-month-old girl.
Not to be outdone, I am happy to report my wife and I had our fourth child last December, and we are now pregnant with our fifth :-) I am so grateful to God for the children he has given both Regina and me. Without Regina, I might not be alive, much less a father of four. And Regina says donating her kidney gave her the confidence to become a mommy without a mate. We remain very close to her and to her parents and look forward to many more celebrations together.
It has been over 4 years since I received Regina's kidney. And everyday I ponder over how a stranger could give a gift like this to a stranger. Could I have done the same thing? Could you? With gratitude to Save 1 Person and 1010 WINS for highlighting a Save 1 Person news break.
Stuart Zimmer
Last Updated on Sunday, 09 August 2009 19:13
Thank you so much.
Thursday, 16 July 2009 03:11
Junbruce
I would like the express my gratitude to Mr. GABRIEL M. ORRICO. for helping me financially. Last year I was diagnosed with Colon Cancer and was immediately operated. After the operation, i was subjected to series of chemotherapy (6 cycles was done for me and was finished on May, 2009). Last June 8, 2009, my doctor said that i have to undergo another 3 cycles of chemotherapy, but unfortunately, our financial resources was already exhausted, no more balance in the health insurance and all of my assests have been sold. My 15-year old daughter posted my story in this site and thanks to GOD, a certain Gabriel Orrico sent us money which we can used for downpayment in the hospital. I have already contacted my doctor to set for the schedule of my first chemotherapy. I am hoping that before we will be discharged from the hospital, God will send us another angel to pay for our discharge bill. Again thank you very much and may God Bless us all. Narciso J. Brucelo Jr.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 01 November 2009 11:02
Save 1 Person News Breaks in the Media Save Lives!
Monday, 13 July 2009 13:55
Lauren
 I wanted to let you know that you included some information in your Save 1 Person news break a while back for Mr. John Schoueten. He lives in NJ and has been in renal failure for two years. You included it as one of those Save 1 Person news breaks in the media. I contacted Mr. Schoueten because I matched some initial criteria for donating a kidney. We have been though the testing and found that I am a match for him. Our suregery is scheduled for February 21st. I will be flying to NJ and Mr. Schoueten and I will undergo the transplant. Since you originally put us in contact through a Save 1 Person news break, I wanted to let you know that your information really does work. You are helping to make a difference in people's lives. Please pray for the surgery and our recovery but more so that this transplant will work and that Mr. Schouten will get his life back. Thank you for starting Save 1 Person and broadcasting to the world the desperate needs of others. May you be blessed for what you do. Sincerely, Tami Brody, Oklahoma
Follow up: The operation was a great success. Mr. Schoueten today is alive and healthy several years later and works for the United States Army.
Last Updated on Sunday, 09 August 2009 16:58
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