Leslie W Leslie’s Living Donation Story

On May 16, 2018, I donated a kidney through the Living Donor Institute at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.

“On May 16, 2018, I donated a kidney through the Living Donor Institute at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. My recipient was a client of mine (I'm a professional pet sitter). She had come to drop off her two dogs and I noticed she didn't look so well. I inquired to her health and she told me that she is on dialysis [and needed a kidney transplant] but no one in her family was a match. I told her I would get tested, and it turns out we were a perfect match. The surgery went very well and I was home in three days. My friend is doing well. I wish more people would get tested and be willing to donate [a kidney] through the Living Donor Institute. I was 68 at the time of donation and I am now 71 and doing fine.”

-Leslie W