Jane's Loving Kidney Donation Fund
Donation protected
Stephanie and Jane have known each other since 1994 when Jane volunteered under Stephanie's leadership in the Single Payer campaign to create health insurance for all Californians. Jane was in bodywork school at the time studying for her Holistic Health Practitioner certification and needed a willing recipient to practice some of her new found Thai Massage techniques. Stephanie was working away on many social justice campaigns and was grateful to receive a series of 10 practice sessions from Jane. Thus began a long standing massage client and friend relationship.
Because of prior kidney issues and failure, Stephanie was happy to have received a kidney from her brother, Steve in 1992. The beautiful kidney that Steve gave her lasted 20+ years! But, in 2014 it began to fail and with that loss more health challenges and four years of dialysis ensued for Stephanie. Jane, as witness to these trials, felt called back in 2017 to see if she could help. Both of us were thrilled to learn that Jane was a match. And now, after extensive screening, more health challenges and lots of persistence and patience we have a date for the surgery, Wednesday March 20th!
One of the many challenges in this process is that Jane is a significant breadwinner in her family. She is a massage therapist with her own business. Because the operation to extract her kidney is a major one, and being a massage therapist can be strenuous, she will not be able to resume work for anywhere between 4-6 weeks. She’s hoping she’ll be back to work in 3 but you just don’t know.
This is an invitation to you to become part of this incredible story by donating what you can to support Jane and her family during this process. Anything you can give will help provide her time to rest and rebuild her strength. It will also give Stephanie the peace of mind she needs to heal and begin anew with her friend’s gift of love and life.
Thank you for supporting this healing journey!
Because of prior kidney issues and failure, Stephanie was happy to have received a kidney from her brother, Steve in 1992. The beautiful kidney that Steve gave her lasted 20+ years! But, in 2014 it began to fail and with that loss more health challenges and four years of dialysis ensued for Stephanie. Jane, as witness to these trials, felt called back in 2017 to see if she could help. Both of us were thrilled to learn that Jane was a match. And now, after extensive screening, more health challenges and lots of persistence and patience we have a date for the surgery, Wednesday March 20th!
One of the many challenges in this process is that Jane is a significant breadwinner in her family. She is a massage therapist with her own business. Because the operation to extract her kidney is a major one, and being a massage therapist can be strenuous, she will not be able to resume work for anywhere between 4-6 weeks. She’s hoping she’ll be back to work in 3 but you just don’t know.
This is an invitation to you to become part of this incredible story by donating what you can to support Jane and her family during this process. Anything you can give will help provide her time to rest and rebuild her strength. It will also give Stephanie the peace of mind she needs to heal and begin anew with her friend’s gift of love and life.
Thank you for supporting this healing journey!
Co-organizers (2)
Jane Blount
Organizer
San Diego, CA
Stephanie Jennings
Co-organizer