I need your help in spreading the word about Ana Rendich in the hopes of finding her a kidney donor. Please see the letter from her husband, Glenn. Thanks for your help!
Please help us rescue Ana
This letter is about Ana Rendich, my wife and mother of three. I am sending it because Ana has end stage kidney disease. Our doctors tell us the best way to help Ana is a kidney transplant. So we are looking for a donor, someone with Type O blood, who is willing to donate the kidney that Ana needs to live. I am asking you to take the time to read this short letter.
When your kidneys fail your body is unable to clean your blood. Left untreated death results. People can use dialysis to clean their blood but not for a regular lifetime. Kidney transplants from a live donor allow people to live far longer. Doctors tell us for Ana a kidney transplant means nearly twenty more years of life with the kids and me.
It is hard for us to make this appeal but unless we ask - the one person who wants to donate a kidney to Ana will not know and can’t say yes. So we have to ask. The first thing we did was check our family but none of us are a “match” and Ana can’t receive a kidney from us.
To make things harder Ana is “sensitized.” One out of every 3 people who need a kidney transplant is sensitized. This makes it much harder to find a donor that matches and can donate to Ana. Six people have been tested to be a donor so far but no match. We are transferring Ana to John Hopkins which has a paired donor program for sensitized people. At this point the Center we were at has stopped testing for donors.
Hopkins paired donor program is where people have agreed to “swap” kidneys. Four of the people tested for Ana have agreed to give their kidney to someone else in the paired donor program if someone in the paired donor program can also give a kidney to Ana. This improves the chances of finding a kidney for Ana that Ana needs to live, If there were a few more people who volunteer to be tested and donate for Ana, Ana would have a much better chance to receive a kidney. The next person tested could be that perfect match and can save Ana or could join those special people who are in Ana’s paired donor pool. Being in the donor pool means you could not only save Ana, you could also save someone else like Ana.
Please think about being the one brave generous person who can match to Ana and give her the gift of life or, through the paired donor program, joining those four special people who want to save Ana and while doing that can also save someone else just like Ana. Only people in very good health, between the age of 21 and 60, who do not have hypertension and whose weight is normal can be a donor. Please email me at rescue_ana@comcast.net or call me at 703-851-2420 to find out about being a donor. Or visit Ana’s website at http://www.rescueana.com/ for more information.
Please send this email letter to everyone in your email address book and ask them to send it to their friends. The more people that know about Ana the more likely it is that someone will give Ana the biggest gift she will ever receive. If enough people find out, one special person will help. If you print the letter please share it by posting in on your bulletin board at work, in your business, or give it to your friends. Please help us find that special person.
This is not the type of letter I thought I would ever write but I have written it and I am sending it. I understand if you read this letter and say "this is not for me." And that is OK. It is not for you. But if you believe in miracles, please say a prayer for Ana. Please think about being a donor. And please help us spread the word. God Bless. Glenn
Please help us rescue Ana
This letter is about Ana Rendich, my wife and mother of three. I am sending it because Ana has end stage kidney disease. Our doctors tell us the best way to help Ana is a kidney transplant. So we are looking for a donor, someone with Type O blood, who is willing to donate the kidney that Ana needs to live. I am asking you to take the time to read this short letter.
When your kidneys fail your body is unable to clean your blood. Left untreated death results. People can use dialysis to clean their blood but not for a regular lifetime. Kidney transplants from a live donor allow people to live far longer. Doctors tell us for Ana a kidney transplant means nearly twenty more years of life with the kids and me.
It is hard for us to make this appeal but unless we ask - the one person who wants to donate a kidney to Ana will not know and can’t say yes. So we have to ask. The first thing we did was check our family but none of us are a “match” and Ana can’t receive a kidney from us.
To make things harder Ana is “sensitized.” One out of every 3 people who need a kidney transplant is sensitized. This makes it much harder to find a donor that matches and can donate to Ana. Six people have been tested to be a donor so far but no match. We are transferring Ana to John Hopkins which has a paired donor program for sensitized people. At this point the Center we were at has stopped testing for donors.
Hopkins paired donor program is where people have agreed to “swap” kidneys. Four of the people tested for Ana have agreed to give their kidney to someone else in the paired donor program if someone in the paired donor program can also give a kidney to Ana. This improves the chances of finding a kidney for Ana that Ana needs to live, If there were a few more people who volunteer to be tested and donate for Ana, Ana would have a much better chance to receive a kidney. The next person tested could be that perfect match and can save Ana or could join those special people who are in Ana’s paired donor pool. Being in the donor pool means you could not only save Ana, you could also save someone else like Ana.
Please think about being the one brave generous person who can match to Ana and give her the gift of life or, through the paired donor program, joining those four special people who want to save Ana and while doing that can also save someone else just like Ana. Only people in very good health, between the age of 21 and 60, who do not have hypertension and whose weight is normal can be a donor. Please email me at rescue_ana@comcast.net or call me at 703-851-2420 to find out about being a donor. Or visit Ana’s website at http://www.rescueana.com/ for more information.
Please send this email letter to everyone in your email address book and ask them to send it to their friends. The more people that know about Ana the more likely it is that someone will give Ana the biggest gift she will ever receive. If enough people find out, one special person will help. If you print the letter please share it by posting in on your bulletin board at work, in your business, or give it to your friends. Please help us find that special person.
This is not the type of letter I thought I would ever write but I have written it and I am sending it. I understand if you read this letter and say "this is not for me." And that is OK. It is not for you. But if you believe in miracles, please say a prayer for Ana. Please think about being a donor. And please help us spread the word. God Bless. Glenn
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