Donor Search Success Stories

As he approached end-stage renal failure, Petar Vukelich had been running out of options. His kidney function was at less than 10%, and in an anguished attempt to find a living donor for him, he and his family were reaching out to his Sunnyside community and beyond.

When Lauren Grom met her best friend, Julie Wood, she didn’t know her friend would save her life one day. In 2020, Grom learned from her doctors at D.C.’s George Washington University Hospital that she would have to either start dialysis or begin the long process of trying to find a kidney donor.

A Gwinnett County teen is getting ready to head to the University of North Georgia next year, five years after receiving a kidney from his neighbor.

A year after his desperate plea on Denver7, a Colorado man’s life was transformed by a neighbor he’d never met, sparking a chain of kidney transplants that saved multiple lives.

A woman from Nebraska is celebrated in Camden for being a stranger who turned into a lifesaver. On Friday, a grateful family from Cape May met the woman who donated a kidney not knowing who the recipient would be.

While one sister celebrates a first anniversary, the other sister celebrates the life-saving gesture of a lifelong friend.

On January 15, Veronica Seaman went under the knife to receive a life-saving kidney transplant. The donor? Her friend and the biological mother of her step-son.

During another busy horse keeping day at the Churchill Downs Training Center, Santamaria was at his stable making sure all of his 13 current horses were being taking care of. If it wasn’t for the life-saving kidney transplant his story could’ve had a different outcome. 

Earlier this year Lauren, 17, received a kidney from Lori Vaughn, RN, supervisor of sedation services at our children’s hospital.

For many people, running is a form of stress relief. However, Greg Taylor hopes that the hobby can help save his life.