Find Becky a Kidney

I have a friend that needs someone's help... the sad thing is, she doesn't even know who that someone is... yet. Someone out there is the answer to Becky's prayers and right now she doesn't know that person, but we're hoping she will soon.

Becky Kelly is a teacher at the Department of Corrections. She is reaching out to find someone to save her life. She needs a kidney. Everyone comes with two, but you only need one to be perfectly healthy. Both of Becky's kidneys have failed.

Although she has always been healthy, in May her kidneys were attacked by an unknown agent and failed. After time in ICU, emergency rooms and two hospitals, she is now on renal dialysis three times a week and dependant on others for many things. Just recently she finally qualified for the Colorado organ donor list, but there are not enough kidneys to go around. The doctors have told her she will be dependent on dialysis for five to seven years waiting for a donated kidney from the organ list. Dialysis is keeping her alive for now, but a new kidney will completely restore her health and give Becky her life back.

A potential donor needs to have the blood type of O positive or O negative. There is no cost to the donor. The surgery would be done at the University Hospital of Colorado in Denver and requires a very small incision.

If you, or someone you know would like to learn more on if you may be the someone to answer Becky's prayers, please contact Vonnie Bagwell at the University Hospital of Colorado Transplant Center at (720) 848-2261.

Please help us find Becky a kidney.

God Bless

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11/19/09

Update from Becky:

Dear Friends and Family:

Thank you so much for ALL you have done to find me a kidney donor. Thanks also for your prayers and support. It's working! My good friend, Linda Carlson is getting tested. She talked to Vonnie Bagwell, my transplant coordinator (720-848-2261) yesterday and Vonnie said she is receiving at least two phone calls a day from people who want to get tested. I'm so excited and appreciative. Also I have friends who have contacted the newspapers and Channel 5 (Colorado Springs) TV station on my behalf. I know I am going to meet my goal to have a new kidney by May 2010.

I am hanging in there but tire easily. I received my monthly labs and my red blood cell count is now normal. I had the lowest count of all the dialysis patients last month and a lot of my other labs are normal this month. Again your prayers are working! I started nocturnal (9 pm to 4:30 am) dialysis last Friday. It is great because I can run longer (7 hours) and slower. I am told I will have a lot more energy. The only thing that I don't like is driving to Pueblo (40 miles each way) at night. So for now I will only do this on Friday nights.

This Friday I will fly to Texas to be with my family for Thanksgiving. My life now revolves around dialysis, so I had to get that all setup before I left Colorado. Darn, it will cut into my shopping time!

I just had a call from the Canon City Daily Record newspaper. They are going to do a story on me and put it in the November 28th issue. That is the date they have the largest readership of the year. So check it out online.

www.canoncitydailyrecord.com

Thanks again for all your love and support.

Becky