Other Kidney Transplant Stories

Kidney donor shares her experience as Nebraska reports organ transplant record in 2024


4 Lives. 2 Kidney Transplants. 1 Sisterhood.


Father and One-Year-Old Son Receive Kidney Transplants – Nebraska Medicine



Kidney Paired Donation – Nebraska Medicine


Husband Donates Kidney to a Stranger – Nebraska Medicine

“After his wife received a kidney transplant from a deceased donor, Tim Nowak was inspired to pay it forward. He started a living-donor kidney transplant chain at Nebraska Medicine in May 2017. Seven months later, several of the living kidney donors and recipients met face-to-face for the first time.”


Teammate to lifesaver: How a Facebook post inspired a living kidney donation ~ nebraskamed.com
Chrissy Zbylut never expected that a high school softball teammate would one day save her life.


Faith guides man to donate his kidney to a stranger on Facebook ~ kktv.com
He says he was guided by faith to donate, remembering all the times he’d struggled and been given second chances.


Jackson County family looking for living donor as one of their own is in kidney failure ~ weau.com
Brad has had more obstacles piling on as he deals with kidney failure. His family is doing everything they can to keep him alive.


Diabetes survivor thrives after kidney and pancreas transplant


Army veteran hopes for kidney donor after more than six years waiting ~ wesh.com
A St. Cloud veteran is hopeful a potential kidney donor will come forward before he has to begin dialysis.


Actor Jesse Eisenberg says he is donating a kidney to a stranger ~ wowt.com
Actor Jesse Eisenberg is preparing to donate one of his kidneys to a complete stranger.


The Power of Donation ~ People.com
After Son’s Death at 25, Parents Were Shocked at How Many People He Helped with Organ Donation: 102 and Counting (Exclusive) 


Donor Search Success Stories and Kidney Transplant Stories ~ findakidney.com
“Looking for inspiration or motivation in your donor search? Read these success stories. They did it, and you can too!”


Patient Stories ~ kidneysforlife.org
“Here you can find a number of stories from our renal patients, explaining their personal journeys. We hope you will find them of interest, that they may give you an insight to what treatment is like and it shows you the difference that our work has made to their lives.”