Bonita Springs Woman Seeks kidney transplant, Launches Campaign To Find Living Donor
USA: A Bonita Springs resident who has spent years serving her local community and participating at the YMCA is publicly pursuing a kidney transplant as her disease advances. Ten years after an initial diagnosis tied to high blood pressure, she now faces severely reduced kidney function and is preparing for the next steps in transplantation care. Her determination has become a visible part of daily life as she looks to move from chronic illness toward a successful transplant outcome.
Clinically, she is on dialysis and listed for a kidney transplant; her B-negative blood type complicates matching and could extend the wait for a compatible organ to as long as four years. Medical reality and long projected wait times have prompted her to explore every avenue that might shorten the timeline to procurement and transplantation, including seeking a living donor match. The urgency of her condition has made transplantation — specifically a kidney transplant — the central medical priority for preserving her health.
To accelerate the search for a compatible kidney and to heighten awareness of early detection of kidney disease, she launched a public campaign titled My Type? The effort is meant both to attract potential living donors and to educate neighbors about blood types and how living donation can change a patient’s course. The campaign is powered by personal resolve: she keeps a message written on her arm as a daily reminder of why finding a donor and moving forward with transplantation matters.
Her story spotlights the practical challenges many transplant candidates face — long waiting lists, difficult blood-type matches, and the heavy emotional and logistical burden of life on dialysis. The campaign aims to mobilize the local community to learn about living donation and to support timely transplantation, underscoring how a single compatible living donor can cut years from a wait and transform a patient’s prognosis.
Video originally published on 2026-02-12 22:25:05
