When Theo Alano suffered from kidney failure last year, Brooklyn-based pizza shop owner Mark Iacono shared his story on social media to his 245,000 Instagram followers.
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‘He needs help’: this retired Mass. state trooper is in dire need of a kidney
A retired Massachusetts state trooper has spent his life helping others — but now, he’s in need of help as he searches an organ donor following a kidney failure diagnosis.
Read MoreColorado golfer finds new success on U.S. Adaptive Golf Tour after kidney transplant
Eric Weichselbaumer isn’t looking for sympathy. He’s looking to inspire people to consider kidney donation.
Read MoreConnecticut Families: West Haven kidney recipient comes full circle with job at dialysis center
There were days when Yannick Napier didn’t know what the future would hold. Then, in 2022, after a nine-year wait, Napier got a transplant. “It was a beautiful moment,” he told us two years ago.
Read MoreSpringdale teacher returns to fourth grade students after receiving a kidney transplant
Springdale teacher receives a kidney transplant from a fellow teacher, who is also her little sister.
Read MoreClark County toddler battling disease gets new kidney
John Cosby, the Clark County boy who needed a new kidney, had a successful transplant from family friend Megan Neer, according to John’s mother, Jennifer Cosby.
Read MoreBaltimore 4-year-old’s social media campaign leads to perfect kidney donor match
A 4-year-old from Baltimore successfully found a matching kidney transplant donor after raising awareness via social media and the “Living Donor Project”.
Read MoreProvo woman gives kidney to stranger she met hiking: pair reunite with Intermountain Health transplant team to offer thanks
A chance meeting on “Y Mountain” in Provo, Utah, led to a life-saving kidney transplant for a local pastor whose health was deteriorating and was desperately waiting for an organ donor.
Read MoreToddler receives life-saving kidney transplant in Westchester County
It was a heart-warming reunion Friday for a toddler, her mother and family members who returned to the Westchester County hospital where the little girl received a rare and life-saving kidney transplant.
Read MoreHow kidney donation helped Mohegan Lake toddler get her ‘sassy’ back
Hadley Frusciante, a curious 21-month-old, sat in her stroller, more interested in her egg-shaped yellow maraca than the sometimes emotional adults who stood at a podium in the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital lobby lauding the kidney transplant that saved her.
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