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Nationwide program that provides reimbursement of travel expenses, lost wages, and dependent care. Posts represent our opinion only. @ASTSChimera

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@NLDAC_ASTS
NLDAC
3 months
After seeing a Facebook post from an old schoolmate looking for a liver transplant, Terri knew that she wanted to be a living donor. Read more about her experience finding out she was a perfect match here:
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yahoo.com
"He may have only had a year to live, but now he may have 30.” After seeing a post on Facebook about the need for a live liver donor, a Camden County woman learned that she was a perfect match. The...
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@NLDAC_ASTS
NLDAC
3 months
This mom gave her son the gift of life TWICE! Read about her incredible decision to donate to her son and how it led to a six person kidney chain! Did you know that NLDAC can assist with costs for living donors in a paired or chain donation process?
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news.vumc.org
VUMC's Margaret Drewes and her son, Everett, took part in a kidney donation chain that eventually involved 6 people.
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@NLDAC_ASTS
NLDAC
9 months
The 2025 Federal Poverty Guidelines have been released. Effective immediately, NLDAC guidelines and applications have been updated to 350% of the 2025 figures. Questions? Check out our FAQs at https://t.co/IwquH67mdE or email us at nldac@livingdonorassistance.org.
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@MathurAmitK
Amit K. Mathur, MD MS FACS
10 months
Amazing people do amazing things. Double organ donors are helping so many!
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intheloop.mayoclinic.org
Kristie Sue Hathaway, a Minnesota State Patrol trooper, has given the gift of life — twice. In 2021, she donated [...]
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@NLDAC_ASTS
NLDAC
10 months
Check out this double donor! In 2022, Victoria decided to donate her kidney to a stranger after hearing more about living donors from a podcast. After being involved with living donor organizations, she decided to become a liver donor as well!
uchealth.org
Through a less-invasive robotic procedure, Victoria donated a large part of her liver for an adult in need and had a quicker recovery.
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NLDAC
10 months
When Megan's sorority sister and old college roommate heard that she needed a kidney donation, she immediately began testing to see if she was a match. Watch the moment Megan told Jessica that she was a match and learn more about their story here! https://t.co/SVB1ykdzgk
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nbcnews.com
Jessica Hause and Megan Schultz hadn't seen each other in years after graduating from Ohio State University as members of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. But recently, when Hause was in need of a kidney...
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NLDAC
10 months
Happy Hanukkah from our NLDAC family to yours! Chag Urim Sameach!
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NLDAC
10 months
The NLDAC staff wishes you a merry, safe, and healthy Christmas!
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@ASTSChimera
ASTS
10 months
We're in awe of Ms. Looney's remarkable strength and resilience while on this groundbreaking journey in transplant science. This incredible story of a gene-edited pig kidney transplant is a testament to the transformative power of innovation and compassion in medicine. 💙
@nyulangone
NYU Langone Health
11 months
Towana Looney is finally free from dialysis after eight years, thanks to a groundbreaking gene-edited pig kidney transplant at NYU Langone Health. Learn more about Towana's story and our ongoing innovations in #xenotransplantation: https://t.co/uP9KMgveSu
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NLDAC
11 months
When Danny found out that he would need a second kidney transplant, his wife Nicole decided she would donate to him if they were a match. As it turned out, she was a 1 in 100,000 match, allowing him to receive a new kidney and a second chance at life.
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NLDAC
11 months
The power of friendship can be life-changing: this donor-recipient pair grew up together nearly their entire lives. When Shaundra went into kidney failure due to an autoimmune disease, Rebekah took the initiative to get tested as a kidney donor. https://t.co/KOM1DVrl3o
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lewistownnews.com
Rebekah Rhoades and Shaundra Schaff have been friends a long time…almost all their lives. But recently they shared an experience most friends never will — that of being a kidney
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NLDAC
11 months
In 2002, a nurse became the first non-directed donor at her hospital system after witnessing her own patients' struggle as they waited months or years for a kidney. 22 years later, she got the opportunity to meet her recipient.
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news.unchealthcare.org
Two decades ago, an incredible connection began with UNC Health’s first living non-directed kidney donation from a UNC Health nurse to a woman in need of a kidney transplant. 63-year-old Chapel Hill...
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NLDAC
11 months
Have you ever heard of a kidney swap or a paired donation? Living donors that have a recipient in mind but aren't a match can still donate their kidney through something called an exchange. NLDAC can help kidney paired donors as well!
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vcuhealth.org
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NLDAC
11 months
After her husband received a liver transplant, Sandy knew that she wanted to become a living organ donor to help others like her husband. Read her incredible story that Sandy hopes will inspire others to explore living organ donation. https://t.co/9ycn1Kliid
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my.clevelandclinic.org
When Sandy became a living organ donor, she didn’t know she'd ultimately help a little boy named Sonny, who was suffering from biliary atresia.
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@liverUSA
American Liver Foundation National
1 year
If you are donating a portion of your liver to someone you know, you may be eligible for financial assistance. @NLDAC_ASTS provides non-medical assistance for living donors and their caregivers. Learn about NLDAC here:
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NLDAC
11 months
NLDAC has a new policy update! As of Dec 1, the $6,000 limit on reimbursement will not longer be considered a lifetime limit, but rather per organ. Questions? Email us at nldac@livingdonorassistance.org.
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@NLDAC_ASTS
NLDAC
1 year
Lucy's family got the word out for her living donor in different ways - her husband wore a sandwich board on busy street corners and her daughter started a campaign on Instagram. https://t.co/HseAzMvU2Y
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cbc.ca
After three years of agonizing waiting, Stouffville woman Lucy Latino is finally getting a kidney transplant — thanks to a woman she had never met before Friday.
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@NLDAC_ASTS
NLDAC
1 year
In celebration of #hispanichertiagemonth we're happy to share Xiomara's story about her experience as a #livingdonor and a NLDAC donor. Please feel free to turn on the subtitles when watching: https://t.co/1ttcRMPTqp Learn more about us at:
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NLDAC
1 year
This living donor completed an Ironman 16 months after her living donation. She wants other potential living donors to know donation doesn't have to limit your lifestyle. https://t.co/2kIDe7DzoX
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people.com
After suffering a miscarriage, Hilary Baude found strength and resilience in donating her kidney to a stranger. Now she competes in triathalons
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