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Third annual Green Shirt Day encourages Canadians to register as organ donors
The event, taking place April 7, encourages Canadians to wear green in support of the cause. This year’s event slogan is “Together Strong,” the Kidney Foundation said in a news release.
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My journey to give a stranger more time through living organ donation
“I was serious about being an organ donor after death — so why wasn’t I serious about it now, at age 24? That was the start of a long, bumpy and pandemic-interrupted ride of undergoing testing at Toronto’s University Health Network living donor program, to give a kidney anonymously to a stranger.”
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B.C. pals run 5K together a year after one donated a kidney to keep the other alive
Friends Michael Teigen & Stephen Gillis (Our hosts of #KidneyWalk last year!) run 5K to raise awareness about the vulnerability of dialysis patients to COVID19. Plus celebrate one year after their life-saving kidney donation. “They are very, very vulnerable,” said Gillis about COVID-19 for dialysis patients who are not only immune-compromised but are also regularly having to go to hospitals for their procedures during the pandemic. Gillis said he also hopes by doing it he is setting a positive example for his players and other transplant patients.
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Changes to living donor program good news for P.E.I. woman waiting for a kidney
“I know that donating is a difficult topic for a lot of people. I know it’s not something that anyone wants to have to talk about,” Newman said. “But if I could tell people anything, it’s that it needs to be talked about. This is something that people should talk about before your family gets put in that position.”
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Surviving COVID-19 – One Transplant Family’s Experience
“In the months since COVID-19 became part of our daily vocabulary, transplant recipients, along with their families and caregivers, have been forced to navigate many unknowns that come along with the emergence of a new and virulent virus. With so little known about the virus, particularly in the early days, the adjustment for recipients and their families has been significant.”
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