Kidney for Nars

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East Texan urges others to ‘listen to your body’ after surprise diagnosis leads to search for kidney donor New data shows there aren’t enough organ donors in the Lone Star State.

Who can be a living kidney donor?

You must be at least 18 years old at all transplant centers. Some centers require a donor to be 21 or a little older. There are some medical conditions that could prevent you from being a living donor. These include having uncontrolled high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, HIV, hepatitis, or acute infections. You should always let the transplant center decide if you can be a living donor.

What is living donation?

Living donation takes place when a living person donates an organ (or part of an organ) for transplantation to another person. The living donor can be a family member, such as a parent, child, brother or sister (living related donation).

Living donation can also come from someone who doesn’t have an emotional relationship with the recipient, such as a friend of a friend, coworker, fellow member at their place of worship, neighbor or someone that hears through social media. Thanks to improved medications, a genetic link between the donor and recipient is no longer required to ensure a successful transplant. You don’t even need to have the same blood type as your potential donor to get a kidney because there are internal paired exchange programs within transplant centers and national paired exchange programs that allow an incompatible pair to match up with another incompatible pair; allowing the two donors to switch recipients.

Most of y'all know Nars but some of you do not. Some know him personally some may know him as the salesman from Wagner Cadillac. Nars Buenaventura has an amazing heart and always wants to help everyone. People come to Nars for problems, and he never asks for anything in return, and he’s okay with that. He uses a special tag with his business as because he wants to make a difference in people's lives. Now, you can make a difference in his life.

Nars needs your help. Recently, he has been battling health problems and now is needs a kidney. Although donating a kidney is not for everyone, we all have friends who might feel it in their hearts to give. If you would take the time to help, either donate or share his story, it will be greatly appreciated.

Narciso M auricio Buenaventura
09/29/1972
UT Southwestern

UTSW Transplant