Hello!

My cousin needs a new kidney.

For the last ten months I have been going through the process of testing for a donor match, and I am so thankful to say I will be donating a kidney to him at Emory on August 11th.

I do not incur costs for the medical procedure (or any of the testing I have done up to this point), but there will be costs over the next few months that I will not be able to qualify for any sort of assistance for.

We just moved back to Georgia in the last month, and I haven’t started a new job as I did not want to delay being able to have this surgery as soon as possible. I have been able to start my petsitting business back up, but I will have to pause that as I heal from the surgery.

There are assistance programs available to donors, and I intend to apply for them, but they will only cover certain expenses, and I am not guaranteed to be approved. Since I am not currently employed, aside from my self-employed petsitting business, I will not qualify for any sort of loss-of-income assistance, nor do I have any sick leave banked that I can cash in.

I plan to spend the weeks of recovery applying for jobs and hopefully setting up some interviews to start a new career ASAP.

Any contributions to this fund are greatly appreciated and will be used to pay for travel, food, and lodging associated with the surgery (something I hope to receive reimbursement assistance for), medications, and monthly bills while I recover and look for a job.

If you are more comfortable giving off this platform, my username for other apps is:

Paypal: @shannonpiland

Venmo: @silygrits

CashApp: $silygrits

Thank you in advance for anything, even if it’s just sending positive energy or prayers to us as we head into this procedure.

I’ll be sure to keep you updated!