{"id":54225,"date":"2016-10-06T01:26:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T06:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=54225"},"modified":"2016-10-06T13:20:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T18:20:26","slug":"sidebar-kidney-casey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/health\/sidebar-kidney-casey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kidney for Casey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thirty-five years old and on dialysis, Casey K. hopes to one day live \u201cas normal a life as possible,\u201d including raising a family and pursuing a teaching career. In the meantime, her dreams will have to remain on hold, until she finds a kidney donor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Casey has never had it easy. Born with a rare genetic disease that causes organ damage, she had two liver transplants by the time she was five. Unfortunately, the medication meant to prevent her body from rejecting the transplants left her with kidney impairment and hearing loss. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">A member of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Our Way for the Jewish Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a division of the OU\u2019s National Jewish Council for Disabilities (NJCD),\u00a0Carey decided to turn to\u00a0Rabbi Eliezer Lederfeind, director of Our Way,\u00a0to help with her search. Rabbi\u00a0Lederfeind\u00a0urged Casey to reach out to Renewal<\/span><span class=\"s2\">,\u00a0a Brooklyn-based non-profit that facilitates kidney-donor matches within the Jewish community.\u00a0She and her husband traveled to New York from their home in Houston, Texas to meet with the Renewal team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Together, they strategized on the best ways to get the word out. Part of Renewal\u2019s game plan involves educating the patients\u2019 own\u00a0communities. Rabbi\u00a0Josh Sturm, Renewal\u2019s director of outreach, brings \u201cawareness campaigns\u201d to synagogues on the patient\u2019s home turf,\u00a0clarifying the steps of the kidney donation process. Every event is\u00a0patient-arranged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe believe in the zero-pressure approach,\u201d says Rabbi\u00a0Sturm. \u201cOur goal is that people walk away more open minded towards the idea of kidney donation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Along with her Houston-based outreach efforts, Casey also enlisted the aid of relatives in New York to help organize campaigns in the Jewish communities in the New York metropolitan area. Renewal strongly urged her to cast a wide net, and publicize the need via e-mail and social media. Casey is counting on the power of faith, PR and the Jewish heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Below is her plea to the Jewish community:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<i>Please consider becoming a kidney donor. Your generous help will allow me to reach my dreams.\u00a0The donor would have to\u00a0be B\u00a0or O (positive or negative).\u00a0If you are considering getting tested for Casey to see if you are a match, contact Renewal at\u00a0<\/i>718.431.9831, ext. 209 or e-mail\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:R1124@renewal.org\"><span class=\"s3\">R1124@renewal.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-five years old and on dialysis, Casey K. hopes to one day live \u201cas normal a life as possible,\u201d including raising a family and pursuing a teaching career. In the meantime, her dreams will have to remain on hold, until she finds a kidney donor. Casey has never had it easy. 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