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
A Double Donor’s Story of Loss and Redemption | EP 14
According to United Network of Organ Sharing, only 133 living donors in the entire U.S. have donated both a kidney and a portion of their liver to two different recipients. A few years back, this was very uncommon, but more recently, we have been seeing it in the news more and more. Many transplant centers won’t even entertain the idea of letting someone donate twice, however other transplant centers are taking a second look, and essentially asking, well, why not? If the donor is emotionally and physically fit to donate a second time, then let them donate.
Today’s guest is double donor extraordinaire Lynn Bolduc who donated a kidney and a portion of her liver, both to strangers about 8 years apart. Lynn tells an emotional story about a traumatic experience when she was 14, that ultimately led her down the path of organ donation later in life. Her kidney donation story and her liver donation story are vastly different and illustrate that not all donation stories have the ending that we planned for. Tune in to hear Lynn’s brave, bold, and vulnerable story about inspiring hope.
Links
CrowdSource for Life
1 Year Survival Rate Post Transplant
Missouri Farmer Lives 56 Years Post Transplant
National Kidney Donation Organization
