I'm John Hogan and I'm living with end-stage renal disease. My current life is constrained by thrice-weekly 4+ hour visits to dialysis, with the ultimate premature ending of my life always in sight. Additional risks of living with non-working kidneys are blindness and limb loss. (Our bodies really aren't designed to live without entire organs, no matter how great the technology for dialysis is!) However, a living donor can change all of this, enabling full days, travel, improved health, and more time to dedicate to my community, as I am wont to do.

To my profound joy, my son has volunteered (unasked) to be a living donor and is a perfect match. His medical costs are covered by the living donor program, but he will need to take time off work for the surgery and his recovery. Since he is self-employed and a full-time father of five, this is a very real need. I'm committed to having these costs covered for him as I accept this life-saving gift.

Please support my son in his selfless act of giving me back my life by pitching in on his living expenses for himself and his family for several weeks.