The decision to donate my kidney was a simple one. I had something that my dear friend Mara needed in order to live. The moral decision...

I was born with Tyrosinemia, a very rare metabolic disease. I was diagnosed at the age of two. I was in and out of the hospital a lot for...

I believe in the kindness of strangers because a special woman chose to give me the gift of life. At 13-years-old in 1996 I was healthy...

Dan Wenkman was born with undersized kidneys, which didn’t pose a problem for decades. Then his kidneys began to fail, and he was...

Noah is my brother. He passed away in February of 2020. He was just 20-years-old when his life ended very quickly. It was the first major...

Relatives, loved ones, friends and even individuals who wish to remain anonymous often serve as living donors to spare a patient a long...

Even in high school, Abhishek was an inquisitive student who wanted to learn more about the subjects that he studied. His curiosity was...

Eight years ago, my brother Josh, who was 19 at the time, donated his kidney to my Dad at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. It was a...

On March 13, 2020 the nation went under a state of emergency. I went under for nine hours for transplant of my kidney and pancreas. The...

I didn’t realize how important my lungs were until they stopped functioning properly. Growing up near the mountains in Washington State...

Caregivers are key to transplant success An organ transplant is major surgery and caregivers play a crucial role in providing both...

When Erma's husband Franco was told he needed a bone marrow transplant, he learned that he could have a hard time finding a donor match....

SAVE THE DATE! October 16th @ 6pm Please plan on joining us for an evening of discovery and fun! Hosted by former KING 5 news anchor...

At 39 weeks pregnant, Courtney had a birth plan. Finding out she had blood cancer was not part of that plan. Doctors first noticed her...

TESTING TO BECOME A LIVING DONOR The Testing Process: The prospective donor must have a compatible blood type, and in the case of kidney...