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Lena Sorensen

LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED

Live everyday to its fullest and enjoy life you never know when it will not be possible to do the things you love to do

My name is Lena Sorensen. I have been in stage 4 renal failure for over 3 years now. I have a loving husband and 2 beautiful daughters before I got sick I was a cook at a nursing home and loved it. It is my passion to cook
I currently need to have open heart surgery in August to fix my mitral valve that was damaged due to dialysis
I have a long summer head of me but I have faith that I will make it through.
I would love to find a living donor to help me

I have been diagnosed with kidney failure for about 3 years now. I first started on PD dialysis and was getting it done at home every night for 9 hrs a night my house was transformed into a medical "clinic" with my living room being replaced with boxes of supplies for dialysis. Then at the begin of this year I found myself in the hospital and PD not working. So now I am on blood dialysis and I go to a center 3x a week for about 4 hrs a day.

So for me to have a transplant would totally give me new life. I have 2 daughters one is 20 and the other is 12. My 12 year old is constantly in the go and I don't want to miss anything she does. It would also help me physically as I can go back to work and do the thing I love to do

I am 52 year old women with a great husband and 2 great kids. If someone out there can help me get me life back on track and donate a kidney to me there are no words to say thank you. It would mean the world to me to get my life back and go back to work.

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If you are considering being a living donor please use links below to contact Lena Sorensen's Transplant Center. Begin by completing the donor questionnaire

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Medical expenses for living organ donors are 100% covered, and inquires from potential donors are 100% confidential! Contact the Transplant Center to learn more about living donation.

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There are currently 120,000 people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant in the U.S. Of these, 100,000 await kidney transplants.

The median wait time for a kidney transplant is 3-5 years and can vary depending on health, compatibility, and where you live.

In 2014, 17,107 kidney transplants took place in the U.S. Of these, 11,570 came from deceased donors and 5,537 came from living donors.

Every 14 minutes someone is added to the kidney transplant waitlist.

A kidney from a living donor lasts longer and begins functioning more quickly than a kidney from a deceased donor.

In 1995, kidney donation became minimally invasive with a procedure called laparoscopic nephrectomy, which only requires four small incisions. Hospital stay is typically only 3 days after this operation.

Not blood type compatible with your recipient to be a living donor? Kidney Paired Donation (the “kidney swap” program) enables incompatible candidates with a living donor to receive a kidney from a compatible donor.

Last year, over 700 living donor kidney transplants occurred using Kidney Paired Donation.

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It’s our turn to take care of Lena in her time of desperate need. “For the Love of Lena!” Let’s find her a Kidney!

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