Vick's Kidney is Failing But.....

We’ve resisted doing this for a long time, but we need the help of our community, friends, and family more than we’ve ever needed it before. Our father has kidney disease and gets dialysis three times a week.  He is at the end of his options and things feel hopeless and dark at this point.  He’s been on a waiting list for a kidney donor for six years and the average wait time for his blood type is about nine years.  We do not have the time left to keep waiting. Our one and only option, our only hope is to seek a kidney transplant where organ donors are more common among larger populations of donors resulting in shorter wait times.

 

We’re not ready to lose my father and he is not ready to go.  We’ve watched a great person endure immense suffering for far too long and that’s why we need to reach out to all of you. Our father has taught us to live life to the fullest, to hope and dream, to laugh, care, and love. Even though his kidney is failing, his heart has never failed us. We hope to light his life in this time of darkness. We need him at our weddings one day; we need him to be able to look his grandchildren in the eyes.  Our only hope is the love of the community and our friends and family. His condition can be cured with a kidney transplant.  If you can help us reach our goal of finding my father a new kidney, you will have helped us find a future with my father in it; we can’t bear it any other way. His condition is worsening daily and we have no other choice but to ask this of you all.  We will forever be indebted to the love and support you can give to us. Ideally, if anyone knows of a potential donor with blood type "O pos. or neg." although very rare, please contact us.
 
God Bless you all and from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

-Ellin and Gary Karabedian
Vick's children