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Support Brandon's Journey to a Kidney Transplant

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Hi! My name is Brandon, and I am 26 years old. This may or may not be the first-time hearing this, but in June of 2024, I found out that I have chronic kidney disease. I am currently getting dialysis treatments 3 days a week, this unexpected life change at first was very shocking and a saddening revelation. But I have now accepted this challenge and will do all it takes to fight this disease.
For people like me, a transplant would offer me more freedom, and the ability to live a longer, healthier, more normal life. A transplant would also give me more time to do the fun things I enjoy most, like spending time with my family and friends.
I am currently on the national donor waiting list. The average wait time is 5 years. The only other way to shorten the wait time is for me to get a transplant from a living donor. Even though most of us are born with two kidneys, we only need one healthy kidney to survive. That means you or someone else you know could save a life by choosing to be a living donor. Kidneys from living donors can even last twice as long as kidneys from deceased donors. Of course, a kidney transplant is a major surgery for myself, and my donor, so it does have risks. However, transplant surgery is generally safe and often successful.
I have decided to start my own search for a living donor. It is not easy, but I am reaching out to people closest to me for help.
Please share my story with others you know. You never know who may be able to help me find a donor.
Please let me know if you would like to learn more about the living donor process and what it takes to become a living kidney donor for me or for someone else. You can also contact my transplant coordinator at Virtua.

Jennie Roggio
856-796-9376
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  • Kathleen VanSteen
    • $100
    • 6 d
  • Carol Reilly
    • $100
    • 13 d
  • Thomas Tomei
    • $3,000
    • 15 d
  • Scott Kern
    • $50
    • 15 d
  • Karen Hornback-Quinlan
    • $100
    • 25 d
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Lydia Chandler
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Cherry Hill, NJ

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