Miscellaneous Notes
Guangdong Province to soon have new world records:
In other news from China:
In a completely different issue and around the globe in Spain,
new efforts to encourage organ donation, has catapulted the country to the highest rates of donation in the world. Labels: Dongguan, Guangdong, Guangdong News, kidney donation
From 30 Rock: Kidney Now !
And I must make mention of the hilarious skit and song on 30 Rock's season ending show last Thursday night. The song "Kidney Now" parodied "We Are the World", and included many top singers, including Sheryl Crow, Cindi Lauper, Clay Aiken, and Michael McDonald.
(Info on the show and the song available here.)But the song still made a point about the importance of kidney donation. And the proceeds generated from sales of the video on iTunes are being provided to the
National Kidney Foundation.
The full show is available here (song is near the end).
Nice touch!
Labels: Kidney Disease, kidney donation, kidney transplant
Do You Have a Heart on Your License?
Please read Wayne Dreh's special that was posted today on ESPN:
Ray of Hope. It is about Jason Ray, the former UNC mascot, and how his signing a donor card when he got his drivers license subsequently meant life for five other people with his unfortunate death last year.
As you read about the young man,
Antwan Hunter, who received one of Jason's kidneys, remember one number:
5.9. That is my creatinine level now.
Be an Organ Donor!Labels: ESPN, kidney donation, kidney transplant, Organ Donation, UNC
Walk for PKD................. Please
Walk for PKD. You may have heard advertisements for a walk near you. The third weekend in September is National PKD Awareness Week, and the walks coincide to promote and bring more aid to fighting Polycystic Kidney Disease.
PKD is the disease affecting my health. It is breaking down my kidneys slowly. I’m doing okay for now, but I would be much better off if I could get a kidney transplant. And there are about 70,000 other Americans in need of a kidney transplant like me. Tackling this debilitating disease with new research and medical advances is important for me personally, but is important to all Americans and people of all nations.
If you have the opportunity to support a Walk for PKD near your home, please do so. Even get out and walk if possible. More information is available at the pkdcure.org site or clicking here.
Labels: Kidney Disease, kidney donation, PKD
Delaware Senator with PKD Needs Kidney Transplant Too
I receive several alerts for news situations to help keep me informed about current events in this faraway land. As I’ve often stated it can be difficult to get the news here. Again today, (for example) I got to watch Samantha Brown climb to the top of the Cathedral of Seville, instead of the ABC Evening News,………. for probably the 200th time!!! [See previous posting.]
Anyway, a recent headline in one of my alerts really caught my attention: Senator Bunting Needs Kidney Transplant. As I read on, I found out that this was George Bunting Jr., a State Senator of Delaware. Of course, I had never heard of this state senator from Delaware, but the news of his situation is all too familiar. He too suffers from polycystic kidney disease and rapid deterioration has led to the urgent need for a transplant or at least dialysis.
I’m only a few years younger than the Delaware State Senator. I have not reached an urgent need for dialysis or transplant. However, I’m getting closer by the day. The news states the senator may have family members eligible to donate. So far no one has worked out for me. In his urgent need, I hope someone matches soon for him. I still need someone.
I also hope Senator Bunting will use his position to bring some more information to the public to understand the great need for transplant donors, and the need for more people to at least sign up as a donor. Please give it thought and read the informative websites in the right column on what and how to be sure you are a donor. Help Save A Life!
And Good Luck Senator Bunting.
Labels: kidney donation, kidney transplant, PKD
Cowboy Kidney Donation
Did you see the news last week about Ron Springs and Emerson Walls? Springs needed a new kidney, and his former Cowboy teammate donated one in an operation in Dallas last week. Springs had deteriorated to a very needy situation, but he still was not due a kidney from the transplant list. He had lost his right foot and several toes from his left foot. And he had been on dialysis for years. A living donor now will keep me from getting to that condition.
And if you note, Springs had been through some of the same heartache I have had, when many of you have tried to donate, but been unable to do it for different reasons. It is far more difficult to work this out than I would have ever imagined a few years ago.
Anyway, here is a link to the Springs / Walls story:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6523802
Labels: kidney donation, transplant
