Kidney Transplant for my African Student

Rachel has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home. While her health is excellent, she unfortunately is experiencing immense grief as her father passed away a few days ago. She tells me he is the one who inspired who to become a nurse. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts.

Hello All,

Rachel now undergoing immunosuppressive therapy so that her body will not reject her brother’s donor kidney. The surgeon has told me that she is doing very well so far and he could release her from the hospital however the hospital requires Rachel to pay the remaining balance of the surgery before she can leave the hospital. Meantime, while she remains in the hospital, she is incurring daily bed charges. (We have confirmed that this is “standard practice” in Kenya’s private hospital system.)

Rachel’s family recently held a fundraiser and raised quite a bit of money. The local MP has also contributed generously as has the hospital she previously worked at as a nurse.

At this point we still need to raise $1800 so if you have any ideas or people or organizations you could forward this request on to it would be very much appreciated. The surgeon’s contact information as well as an official medical report from him can be provided upon request if necessary.

Sincerely,
Stephanie Blumensaat

Rachel is doing very well and will likely be released from the hospital, in three days, to her parents care. The main fundraising push was to raise enough money to pay for the surgery deposit so Rachel could receive a transplant asap. Thanks to all of you we achieved that.

However Rachel still owes the hospital approximately over $9000 to complete full payment for the surgery. If you know of anyone or any organization that you think could donate towards this remaining amount it would be greatly appreciated. I will continue to post updates.

Again, thank you very much.