This is not a usual librarian’s post but it does have to do with networking. A friend is looking for a kidney match. Please circulate to your contacts. Thanks, Gail
Posting for a friend: Dear family, friends, colleagues, loved ones, family friends, and former colleagues: Alan's story: Alan received a kidney donation about nine years ago. In late March 2021, he got very sick and his body rejected the kidney. He has been on dialysis ever since and needs a new one to live life to its fullest extent again. We continue to find ourselves looking for a good kidney match for him for the actual transplant. How to Help 1) Email or have a chat with one, two, or just three people about our story-.consider passing along this email to close contacts you know in New York City and surrounding area. Please, though, don't plaster on Facebook. Something targeted would be best, as we're still trying to maintain a modicum of privacy in this difficult journey. · Have a parent involved in her synagogue that can tell others? · Have a neighbor who is a giving person? · Any altruistic cousins, nieces, nephews? · What about a former colleague, former customer who is involved in the community? · Think creatively.You'd be surprised who'd be willing to do something like this for a stranger! *** For anyone you talk to that seems interested, give them the information below: 2) Renewal is an organization that helps coordinate the testing for donating within the Jewsh community; they have been amazing in getting the last donor but need help finding a new match. We are so fortunate for this incredible organization in Brooklyn called Renewal<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.renewal.org/__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKALwszBYA$ > that helps the community donate to other Jews in need. One can find more about them on their twitter profile here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/renewalnews?lang=en__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKAPpKzMy-$ >. Because of their resources, this the highest likelihood avenue for him getting one soon and that is an excellent, biological match. For any willing folks in this community that would want to donate to him -- contact Renewal for testing. Anyone interested or curious about donating can go to Renewal and say they want to donate to Alan J. Finkelsten. 3) Someone can see if they're a direct match through his hospital, or, there is now an option where someone can donate through a paired donation -- meaning the donor doesn't have to be a genetic match to Alan whatsoever -- and because this creates a donation chain, this avenue saves even more lives in the process. · For direct donation, to see if you are a match to donate directly, all you have to preliminarily do is fill out a quick Columbia Hospital form; scroll down and click 'I Want to Donate My Kidney<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://columbiasurgery.org/kidney-transplant__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKAOHzVuMr$ >.' In the form, note his name (Alan Finkelstein) and birthday (6/5/91). They will mail a kit for a small blood sample that can be taken to a Quest Diagnostics. · For an indirect donation, one can give to someone else in a sort of exchange for a person that is a great match to give theirs in a paired swap. I have been coordinating with the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://paireddonation.org/__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKAMcz-n-l$ > (APKD) for the past year to get them linked up at Alan's Hospital, and they are finalizing that paperwork this month. (Since I am not a direct match, this would be my only option.) But, this APKD might not have the right pairs in their system where my kidney would, when exchanged, get Alan the best kidney in return. Thus, the more people that try in this process, the better. (Did I mention Al Roth, Nobel economist, created their matching algorithm<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/how-economics-can-help-save-lives-a-conversation-with-alvin-roth-2012-nobel-prize-laureate-123536__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKAErEAZBV$ >? Great minds.) Learn More · What dialysis is really lik<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_nqzVfxFQ__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKAPatHtIx$ >e<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_nqzVfxFQ__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKAPatHtIx$ >. And why a person can't live on it forever because likelihood of infection or heart attacks · My twitter thread on this journey.<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/knlauren/status/1433261089006014465__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKABkshq9e$ > · What kidney donation entails<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kidney.org/transplantation/livingdonors/general-information-living-donation__;!!KGKeukY!xDQVSvbvryFGmNpXOC8NY0MB3y0-g-S2bLzf4CkhnSKnG-hFBdSxTKFhG6K9aK36eKaL6pyKALcm97OZ$ > -- hint: it's not what you think. · I'm available morning day evening and night. Any interested donor should not hesitate to contact me with any questions whatsoever about the process, about how to go about getting paid time off for surgery and recovery and reimbursement of lost wages, to find out what happens if you needed a kidney one day after donation (you'd be first on the list), how I'd thank you for the rest of my life, or anything. Call, text, email, or carrier pigeon me anytime. My Favorite Person As we approach Alan's 31st birthday this weekend, I'm resolute in that I won't stop trying various avenues until we can live our beautiful life together. No one should have to live like this with no end in sight. He is going to do amazing, brilliant things in this world and save a lot of lives when he becomes an MD/PhD. But even more, possibly, than that is that I can say unequivocally: he is the best person I know. His compassion, honesty, determination, curiosity, caring heart, willingness to learn from mistakes and acknowledge them, help those around him grow, encourage and challenge me, and so much more makes the world, my world, an infinitely better place for those in his orbit just simply because he is in it. Sincerely, Team Alan/Lauren For more infomation, contact: Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Phone: (347) 309-6543
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