USA: Nashville Woman with Stage Four kidney Disease Seeks Urgent Living Donor for Transplant
USA: Remma Tanner is battling advanced kidney failure and urgently needs a living-donor kidney transplant to survive. Medical evaluation has found Tanner’s left kidney nonfunctional and her right kidney severely damaged, leaving her dependent on the hope of a compatible donor to avoid further decline. Her condition is described as stage four chronic kidney disease, placing the transplant at the center of her immediate care plan.
Community organizers in Nashville mobilized to raise awareness with a special outreach event at the Lipstick Lounge in East Nashville, aiming to widen the search for a match. The gathering sought to educate residents about living donation and to encourage potential donors to undergo testing. Organizers framed the effort around Tanner’s case while emphasizing the broader need for living donors in the region.
Medical specifics narrow the pool of potential donors: Tanner requires a living donor with blood type A or O. More than 50 people have stepped forward and completed initial sign-ups to be evaluated, yet none have proved compatible so far. Those working on Tanner’s behalf have appealed broadly to the public, highlighting the urgency of finding a match not only for her but for others awaiting transplantation.
Advocates also pointed to the scale of need nationwide, noting roughly 185,000 people on the transplant waiting list, and urged anyone eligible to consider donation. Information on how to begin the donor screening process and how to learn more about Tanner’s situation was made available through a scannable QR code distributed at the event and in outreach materials. The story centers on the search for a living kidney donor and the narrow medical criteria that make finding a match both crucial and time-sensitive.
