Matt Jones tried to calm his frightened fiancée and explain, once again, why a working dad with a blended brood of five would want to donate his kidney to a perfect stranger. “Tell them you’re not doing it,” a teary Meghan Baumer pleaded. But the burly car-rental agency manager from Petoskey, Mich., held his ground. …
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The APKD serves kidney patients through technology, education and generosity.
When a patient is in need of a kidney transplant, family, friends and loved ones may step forward to offer the gift of a living kidney donation. Many times, the donor is not compatible with the recipient. Paired donation matches one incompatible donor/recipient pair to another pair in the same situation. Altruistic, or Good Samaritan, donors can choose to donate without an intended kidney recipient and are paired with the best possible match.
Why Transplantation?
Dialysis often takes a huge physical and emotional toll on patients and their families, extending the patient's life without providing additional quality of life. The average patient lives 10 years longer with a transplant compared to dialysis, with a higher quality of living. Transplantation not only saves lives, it helps recipients and their families truly live again.
Contact Us“My son said, ‘If you go through this surgery maybe we will be father and son again.'”
Jose & Kristine
“Everyone thought I was crazy. But I wanted to do something for someone else.”
Matt Jones
