Donor Search Success Stories

Paul Pelosi, the husband of San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, is recovering after a kidney transplant.

A family has been brought even closer together after a daughter gave her father the gift of a second chance.

Colorado couple Ashley and Jimmy Cleverly were living a picture perfect life, until a diagnosis left Jimmy in need of a kidney. But his wife Ashley turned out to be his savior.

An estimated 17 people die each day in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant from a deceased donor, according to federal data. The vast majority are in need of a kidney. But simply waiting to get pulled off the years-long waitlist is not their only option.

A Middleburg woman is being called a hero. Fawna Moore donated a kidney to Vicki Beecher after learning about a program that matches donors with veterans in need.

Edgar “Butch” Sanchez shared that he was sick and needed a kidney. Ivan Sales offered to give him one of his. The pair, now 54, underwent surgery last year.

Todd Cline’s kidneys were failing. The 60-year-old was undergoing home dialysis until his wife, Dawn, stepped up to donate one of her kidneys to her husband.

Vy Tran has always had a sense of adventure. He’s had the opportunity to travel around the world. However, that all came to a screeching halt five years ago when he was diagnosed with end-stage Renal Disease.

There’s a bit of a role reversal going on in St. Paul. The man known for gifting needs a specific gift for himself to survive.

Jennifer VanderPoel thought she’d exhausted her pool of potential kidney donors. Sitting on her living room couch in Grand Rapids, the bubbly mom, wife and former assistant professor had no idea she was about to learn otherwise.