Helping Melissa Freiberg Larson find a kidney donor. She has been on dialysis for over 5 years now. She received a kidney from her brother 16 years ago and is in need of another kidney transplant now. Melissa has had over 350 possible donors step forward and be tested with no match yet. I encourage you to get tested as a donor, if not for Melissa, the for someone else. Check donor on your drivers license. Please...
Monday, March 18, 2013
Prayers needed....
Calling all of Melissa's friends and family! She is in need of your prayers as she went in to the hospital this morning for what should have been a simple procedure to open up the veins in her dialysis arm. When the doctor went into the arm he determined that the veins were no longer able to be used for dialysis. While she was in the operating room they put a dialysis port into the upper right area of her chest, near her collar bone. This port is like the one she had 4 years ago. Hopefully this will allow Melissa to continue dialysis at home while the search continues for an donor match.
Melissa has an appointment at the U of M Tuesday and she also has an appointment at the Mayo Clinic near the end of April to see if they have a different opinion or path to a successful kidney transplant. Its been a very tough day on all of us. Please pray for comfort for Melissa and Maya for now and eventually a healthy kidney.
God Bless you all.
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