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Hi I'm Leah and I'm looking for a living donor for a kidney transplant. Located in Toledo, Ohio.

10/26/2026

MAJOR UPDATE!

Recently started the work up to list at Cleveland Clinic! One thing Cleveland gonna do is get me a kidney! The appointment went great. Met with some awesome providers last week and I'm on my way! Had to schedule a CT scan and a Treadmill stress test. Tomorrow i have an echo. I want to do all these so Cleveland has what they need. Just like before met with a surgeon and nephrologist and said yes to pancreas and kidney donations. The surgeon was a no nonsense dr and was frank with me. But I can do it. I feel it this is the right place. It does stress our family out as our vehicles cannot make the drive to Cleveland and will have to rely on others to get me there when they call or when I need follow up appointments. Also anxiety makes it hard to drive on a highway and I won't be able to drive period for 6 weeks as I had abdominal surgery and a transplant. Anyways I was shown the best way for someone to reach out and see if they can donate is in the picture with the QR code plus a website. So please reach out! You can remain anonymous. I will be updating more throughout the month and have a goal of listing before 2027 and have my kidney in 2027! Have a great day everyone 😊😊😊

08/03/2026

Quick update: I am officially getting off UTMC Transplant and am going to Cleveland Clinic for the list. I call last week to set up appointments. They said a lot of it is virtual so not too much driving. I was concerned about when the call comes how do we get there with both vehicles not able to take the highway. Cleveland Clinic does virtual appointments and I have a lot of workup done for that list that may help me get listed sooner. I stayed in Toledo so long with no response from transplant. I kept everything local and still no luck. So ahare looking forward to a better area to draw organs from from since this area had me wait 5 years! Like today 5 frickin years! Anyways i also met a person in traffic who wanted to donate but she took my email and said she'd email. No such luck so far but the person just wanted to donate any which way possible and I appreciate that! Hopefully its just random. Anyways having a fistula gram tomorrow so ill be MIA for tomorrow most of the morning. As always remember to share the gift of life with others! You only need 1 kidney to survive! Share your spare!

07/02/2026

Update on the kidney journey and today's procedure! More news next week after the results. Warning ⚠️ this is a ten minute video and it talks not just about the kidney journey but health in general for me this past month. Still on dialysis and same days. Still have the car ad and that number on the cover page doesn't work! I hope no one has called it lol I need to change the pictures 😅 anyways. Please become an organ donor! Please share the page and look for more updates! Planning on moving over to TikTok and Instagram reels soon. I need more eyes and the more donors I can meet! Love y'all ❤️ Leah

07/02/2026

Crazy couple of days. Last night went to the ER cause I kept vomiting blood. It ended up being a Mallory Weis Tear (I ruptured my esphosagus puking 10 plus times on Tuesday. Went to treatment yesterday I didn't gain anything between days so I was run "ultra filtered" lol like I'm a water lol. Anyways, Toledo Hospital was crazy, so packed and everything walked thru them doors last night. They pretty much said I have gastroparisis and today I'm back here for a procedure called a gastric emptying study. I'll be here til 1130 lol since my s**t ain't digested yet. So I'm pretty sure its what I said it was this was the follow up to my endoscopy a couple weeks ago. The good news is it's treatable and I'd go on medication to help digest food. I was predisposed to getting due to diabetes for (30 years this year!) So fun times ahead lol thots and playas please I get some answers to all this! I'm tired of puking every day it's getting to be too much! Much love ❤️ Leah

06/19/2026

Hey guys! Been getting views on here and want to post some content. This update will be short and sweet. I'm still on the list at UTMC. Not much has changed but just hearing how impossible it's going to be getting a dead donor is gonna be. Apparently I'm compatible with less than 1 percent of the population with my 100 percent PRA. I feel like giving up. Less than 1 percent thats zero percent. It had nothing to do with me it happens with multiple transplants and blood transfusions. I did what I thought was best and now I'm screwed. I need a living donor asap. Idk how long I can do this! Five, 5! Years on the list and 2 calls 5 years ago. It's to the point to where ill probably die on dialysis or get one once they start cloning kidneys or growing them in labs. I don't want a pig kidney like 1 guy did. He ended up passing away anyway. It looks so bleak out and depressing. I thought about a TikTok page and just tell my story in a series of videos since there's so much to the story. Anyways please reach out to be a donor at [email protected] and call my transplant hospital UTMC ask for Connie Cashen at 419.383.3419 PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE and she will call you back! If anyone needs more information please reach out! I have experience in transplants on both the patient and provider side. Please reach out! And Have a Happy Juneteenth 😊

Love always 💖
Leah

03/13/2026

Hey everyone! I just completed my dental clearance for the list. I'm good to go with that. My next test, a mammogram, is in August. I wanted to share my folder so any one who needs to know what to do the name and number is right there. Also, I had a nice appointment on Tuesday this week. I was able to see some old co workers/friends and my old doctors. One Dr, said that I have like no chance of matching because my PRA is high, so I'm a hard match. Still finding a donor is the best option for me. I put less restrictions on my case, meaning I will take kidneys with Hepatitis C and others who are KDPI higher than 85. Essentially, whenever or whatever I'm going to get i gotta jump on it. That same dr talked about pig kidneys. I read the article it worked for someone for 2 or 3months then that man died. I know who my match would be but they haven't called the coordinator or anything.

Good news! I was contacted by someone who saw the back of my car and emailed me! It was while I was at UTMC. I was able to tell my coordinator to check the message asap! She did the person says they have some emails sent. I'm really hoping this works out! I'm staying strong 💪🏽 i gotta be, now that a glimmer of hope has been seen. So I remain on the list, day in and day out. But the sun will have to come out one day, it can't always be cloudy and rain.

Have a good weekend everyone!

✌🏽❤️💪🏽,

Leah

03/10/2026

Good Morning! Busy day ahead, this morning I go to UTMC for my transplant evaluation for the list. Its been going on 5 years, no kidney call yet. It's easy to get discouraged that it's never going to come but I just need to get my story out there. I need to try harder to find a match, since my PRA is at 100% I'm a hard match. I really wish I could meet someone who wants to donate a kidney. It seems like never ending story of failure. Failure that now makes me a pessimist that I would get a donor. But I gotta go on, I have no choice but to. So, today I go and do that long interview, testing and bloodwork for like 5 hours. Anyways, wish me luck everything goes well today! I appreciate every call or message. If anyone is interested in donating please reach out to my Living Donor Coordinator Connie Cashen at UTMC phone number 419.383.3419 PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE and she will call you back in a 1 to 2 business days. When you reach out, keep in mind that they will not tell me if anyone calls so if you did call, they're not telling me due to HIPPA, so if you get a response, let me know! Thanks everyone

09/19/2025

Great news today! I was listed "Active " on the kidney transplant list! I received the letter yesterday. This means that I can get a call any day now that im Active again. This journey has been crazy. I was on hold for at least 5 months, especially since I broke my ankle and had a glucose seizure. But I've completed so much workup im good until next month when I have my yearly skin check with the dermatologist then again in January for my pap smear. Anyways, I saw the neurologist on 9/11 and he cleared me. That was the last thing i needed before coming Active. 🙏🏽 so thank you all for your support, the likes and shares! Im still looking for a living donor but this now opens me back up for deceased donors. It's going on 5 years waiting, if only they would call me or someone call to donate. Email me at [email protected] to start the process.

09/12/2025

Little update with my life: i shared
this to my personal page but good news!!

Anyways I do have more good news, I was able to start applying to jobs and had an interview a few days ago with an after school program. I have my 2nd interview next Tuesday or Thursday I gotta check. But its not too bad its 2 to 7 Monday through Friday 20 an hour. It works with my dialysis schedule and everything. I have another interview today at 3pm at a different place. The cool thing about my interview today is that my job coach was able to buy me clothes for the interview. We spent an hour picking out clothes tax free. Even though we went to a store that wouldn't get us tax free. I wanna call corporate. Don't get me started lol cause I got beef with Walgreens too over a HIPPA violation. Anyways I look forward to updating you guys on the kidney journey soon! I was able to see a neurologist yesterday who cleared me!! I should be active by next week or so. Connie is out of the office today so I'll know more Monday.

Have a great weekend everyone 😀 😊 ❤️

06/27/2025

Saw this on the back of a truck a couple weeks ago. The message is clear! Organ donation is the best thing to do when you or a loved one passes away. Giving your good kidney to a recipient is also the right choice. If I could help out a person like that I would. I've been an organ donor since 16 when I got my license. If I'm gone please take them. Let me live on in the hearts and minds of those still living.

Anyways, I'm always looking for my donor day in and day out. My search will continue until I'm off of dialysis and back to living a life I've dedicated to social work and changing other people's lives.

Please reach out to me at [email protected]
Make contact with my transplant hospital at 419.383.3419 speak to Connie Cashen. She'll let you know the next steps. Thanks for reading and have a good day!

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