By Doug Caldwell October 14, 2009 Central Valley Business Times
A student at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton and his sister are spearheading a drive to get people to pledge that they will donate their organs for transplants (donor card sign ups). Continue Reading
An estimated 62,000 people in the United States have severe kidney failure. To lead a normal life, each needs a new kidney, preferably one transplanted from a healthy living donor. Some are lucky enough to have a family member or friend with a compatible blood type who is willing to donate. But a few will receive a kidney from a complete stranger, an “altruistic donor,” as they’re called, who has decided to undergo surgery to save the life of someone he or she may never know.
Northern California’s first kidney donor chain that started just over a week ago with four surgeries saved the life of Stockton’s Laura Amador.
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Today in a hospital operating room in San Francisco, life begins anew for Laura Amador, who came down with complete kidney failure in just seven days.
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