Hi, my name is Beverly Santicola. My lifelong girlfriend, Susan J. Williams, who grew up in rural Northwest Indiana like me, is in Stage 4 kidney failure and has been waiting on a donor for three, long years. Waiting for an #kidneytransplant when each second is precious can be hard enough but having to leave a real estate career she loved and running out of the funds she needs for medical and daily living expenses is now an emergency.

If you're looking for ways to help, I am creating this fund to help aid Susan in this time of crisis. Its purpose is to raise funds to cover medical expenses for dialysis, the transplant, and relocation from California so she can be back home to Indiana with family and friends where she has more support.

Other ways you can help are to become a donor or help us find someone willing to be a kidney donor to save her life or the life of others. For more information on how to become a kidney donor contact IUHealth.org. See this amazing article on how “Eight people form a kidney ‘chain;’ Four people receive the gift of life” and the Kidney Chain Video story.