[Diabetes-talk] Off Topic - Seeking a kidney donor - please forward

[Sally Maguire]

This is from a diabetic friend of mine that had a pancreas transplant.  At  the time, I thought she was so lucky, as they would not accept me for several reasons.  One reason was that I already had some kidney damage and the immune suppressants can do damage to the kidneys.  
This is what happened to my friend Pam.  She does still have her vision, but now she will be fighting for her life unless she can have a kidney.  
I had islet cell transplant several years after her and the suppressants are not as toxic to the kidneys.  If you know of anyone to whom you can pass this on, please do!

Thanks,

sally



Hi,

You probably know me from my association with dogs; either PBGVS or Berger Picards or just dog training in general. I am a 60 year old living in California on dialysis, thanks to ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease - kidney failure). I need a match for a donation and would be willing to pay medical bills for a donor. (I think it is illegal to pay more.) At any rate, I would appreciate it if you could help me spread the word. Perhaps someone you know is looking for a way to change their lives forever and kidney donation would be an easy way to do that and help someone else at the same time. I am getting desperate.

I am on a donor list for a cadaver kidney which could take up to 7 years. A live donor is so much better because the kidneys are healthier, as a rule, and the donors do not need 2 to survive. I want to thank my dear friend of over 30 years, John Cronin, who created this video as well as his sister and nephew who did the singing and musical accompaniment. It is truly a precious and thoughtful gift.

Here is what he wrote about it: 

"Hi Everyone, 

My friend Pam needs a kidney transplant, so I wrote a song about it, and my sister sings it, and my nephew wrote the music. Then I shot the video. 

I wanted to get it on YouTube, so hopefully, we can find her a donor, but it's obvious that I don't know the editing program. I'm going to keep learning the program and re-edit it to clean it up soon.

Here is the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGj8T30Rn6s&feature=youtube_gdata

Would really appreciate it you tell your friends about it. It would be so awesome if we found her a donor!

Love and Aloha, 

John"

Thanks in advance for any consideration you may give me. Please feel free to forward this video to as many people as you know. I am trying to reach a wide audience.
Pam La Vallee

P.S. If you get it more than once, then just delete the extras. I have some of you in my address book more than once.  

 

Pam & Doug La Vallee
pbgv_pal at yahoo.com, 
http://www.pbgvpal.com/ 
Toucher L'Ame PBGVs
El Dorado, CA