Kidney for Papa DeFranco
So I mention this in today’s PDS (not posted yet), but my dad recently visited me for a week because he is about to go into dialysis and will have a hard time traveling after that has begun. If you don’t know, my father and I have PKD (Polycystic Kindey Disease). Its this congenital disease that involves our kidneys being squeezed to death by cysts over a long period of time. It hasn’t affected me yet, but my Dad has dealt with the pain for over 15 years and his kidneys are finally about to fail.
I have played this out in my mind thousands of times. How can I ask someone for something this big? I’m the kind of person who hates asking to borrow five dollars let alone a part of a person. But thats where I am and I’d hate myself if I never asked and God forbid something happened sooner rather than later.
If you would be interested in donating a kidney to my father the following information is for you
- Call 813-844-5669
- Ask for the Living Donor Program
- Request to see if you are a match with Philip DeFranco Sr.
If you are interested in donating a kidney, bone marrow, etc to someone else/someone local you can find more information here.
If you want to support this but not in a surgery sort of way you can always donate to PKDCure.org and/or promote their amazing efforts.
Thanks for taking the time to read this,
Philip DeFranco Jr.
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