Donor Diaries
Donor Diaries is a podcast that delves into the beauty and complexity of living organ donation. Tune in to hear extraordinary stories of people who choose to share their organs and give the gift of life. The world of kidney and organ donation is a powerful testament to kindness, love, and the human spirit.
With over 90,000 individuals on the kidney transplant waitlist and about 13 people dying each day while waiting, the urgency is real. One in three Americans is at risk for chronic kidney disease, and one in nine already suffers from it, often unknowingly.
Donor Diaries offers unfiltered narratives from living donors and candid insights from transplant experts, aiming to elevate the conversation around organ donation. Our goal is to bring this crucial issue to the forefront, so no patient has to wait in vain or suffer needlessly.
Donor Diaries
Real Stories from the Vineyard | EP 5
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Episode 5 comes to you from a giant porch swing on Martha’s Vineyard, where host Laurie Lee is spending the weekend with over a dozen living kidney donors and living kidney donor advocates from the National Kidney Donation Organization.
Meet Cody Maynard, Steve Wilson, and Terri Thede, all non-directed kidney donors from different parts of the country for a casual conversation under the vineyard stars. Find out what happens when somebody donates a kidney without an intended recipient. Do they get to meet the recipient? Do they want to meet the recipient? And did living donation positively impact their lives? If so, what have they gained? Learn this and more on “Real Stories from the Vineyard.”
Episode Links:
"Why Donate Our Kidney to a Stranger" by Elaine Perlman
National Kidney Donation Organization
Quality of Life After Donating
Donor Diaries Website
Donor Diaries on Facebook
GiftWorks Website
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