My Mom's Plea

I wanted post this beautiful letter that my mom wrote on my behalf. We got many responses from it, and a few people have contacted the hospital! I am afraid to get my hopes up, and am completely overwhelmed by the generosity of strangers. How do you say Thank You when saying Thank you isn't enough? -Christy


“To Give is to Love and to Love is to Live”……….
The purpose of this note to you is to humbly ask you to help me put this request out to the Universe.
My beautiful young daughter Christy has come to the point in her life which since early childhood we have known was a genetic probability - her kidneys have failed, and she now must rely on the dialysis machine to keep her alive.
Some of us in her family attempted to be a living kidney donor for Christy, but unfortunately for various medical reasons we were not acceptable candidates.
Christy is of course on a waiting list of several thousand to receive a deceased person’s kidney, but in the meantime, we believe that someone in the world may have a calling to be a living donor for her.
If you or someone you know would be interested in confidentially learning more about living donors, please call Betsy at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital at 617-632-9830, and tell her you are calling about Christy.
Information can also be found online at http://www.pkdcure.org/, or http://www.livingdonor.org/.
It is a huge intellectual, emotional, physical, financial and spiritual undertaking, but giving in this beautiful way, may be just what someone may be needing in their life.
Thank you so very much for taking the time to read this e-mail.
With gratitude,
Nancy