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A Message from Kelly:

Thank you for coming to my website. Please know that I wouldn’t ask this if I wasn’t in desperate need. So I am reaching out to all my friends, family, and even people I have never met. This is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do.

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in young adulthood. No one asks for this diagnosis, knowing all that can come with it, but with the support of my family, I have worked through each of the many challenges. I lost my leg in 2013, but I have been doing very well with a prosthetic leg. Unfortunately, now I need a kidney, which they can’t just manufacture for you. My kidneys are shutting down, and I need a kidney transplant to survive. I am currently on daily home dialysis while I wait for a miracle. A living kidney donor is my best chance of living.

I am so fortunate to be the wife of a loving & supportive husband and the mother of an amazing son. Both my husband and son are Firefighter EMTs. I couldn’t be more proud. This has been especially difficult for them. They are dedicated to saving lives every day - strangers who need their help. And they can’t save me. We need your help!

I am a patient at Mass General Hospital in Boston, where the wait for a deceased donor with my blood type match is at least 5 to 6 years. Honestly, I am not sure I have that long. Fortunately, MGH is a National Kidney Registry (NKR) member center hospital that participates in a voucher program. This will allow anyone healthy enough to be a kidney donor to donate on my behalf, regardless if you’re a direct match. This also comes with resources and protections for donors through NKR's Donor Shield.

Since my husband and son are first responders, we are working with EMS Gives Life, a national nonprofit organization that supports living organ donation in the first responder community. EMS Gives Life is helping with my search for a donor and is the contact for anyone interested in becoming my kidney donor or even simply learning more.

Benefits of a Living Donor:

Living kidney donors make the best donors!

Living donor kidneys usually last longer and start to work faster than deceased donor kidneys
Transplant surgery typically happens within a year of finding a matching donor, unlike the long wait on the transplant list
Less time on dialysis means less overall health problems
Living organ donor transplants have a first-year success rate of over 95 percent
Donors and recipients can plan for their surgeries.

How to Sign Up to Learn More:

If you are interested in learning more about becoming a living kidney donor for me, or are ready to move forward, it is easy to get started. Please go to my webpage on the EMS Gives Life website to take the first step. Click Here

Once you sign up, you will be contacted by EMS Gives Life Executive Director Christine Fiechter. She will be available to answer your questions and walk you through next steps if you choose to go forward.

Next steps will be:

Registering with the National Kidney Registry and identifying one of the 100 NKR member transplant centers most convenient for you.
Bloodwork at a lab of your choice.
Contact from your chosen transplant center to schedule eligibility evaluation and testing.
Surgery at your chosen transplant center, scheduled at a time convenient for you.

Important Information for Potential Donors:

You do not need to be a match to be a kidney donor for me. If you are healthy and eligible to donate a kidney, your donation can provide me with an NKR voucher that prioritizes me for a kidney donation from someone who is my best match.
You do not need to come to Boston to donate a kidney on my behalf. You can be evaluated and donate through any of the National Kidney Registry’s 100 member centers nationwide.
One healthy kidney can do the work of two, and donors can live a full, healthy life with only one kidney. Kidney transplant surgery is very safe, with a short hospital stay and quick recovery.
There is no financial burden for donors. My insurance pays for all medical testing, evaluation, and surgery. NKR’s Donor Shield program reimburses lost wages, travel, and lodging.
There are supports and protections available for living donors as well as mentoring by someone who has been a living kidney donor from the National Kidney Donation Organization (NKDO). In the unlikely event that a kidney donor needs a kidney transplant in the future, they will be prioritized on the living donor list.
EMS Gives Life will support potential donors considering donation through the surgery.
There is no commitment to learn more.
All inquiries are held in complete confidence by EMS Gives Life.

A Message from Kelly:

Benefits of a Living Donor:

How to Sign Up to Learn More:

Important Information for Potential Donors:

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