We are having trouble finding a donor match. We are having plenty of people coming forward offering to best tested, and a fair number that have been tested, but no luck in finding a match so far. Frankly, I am very scared.
This Saturday night and Sunday we will be praying and fasting for a donor match. Please join in this, if you are so inclined. I recognize that many of the wonderful people who are following this cause are not LDS, or even religious, and I love and respect all of you and your various beliefs. Please participate in anyway you see fit - just keeping Paul in your thoughts is fine. All of the positive energy we can get will help.
Thanks,
Patrick
Salt Lake City film student Paul Gibbs has had a kidney abnormality all his life. In November, his health took a turn for the worst. Both of his kidneys have failed and he is in immediate need of a kidney transplant. Like so many, he finds himself without health insurance and with the recent cuts in government assistance he desperately needs help to pay for the procedure and the medications that he will have to be on for the rest of his life. Thank you for your help.
Paul's Story
Paul Gibbs is a 34-year old Salt Lake City, Utah film student and part-time Clark Planetarium employee who is also helping to raise his 4-year-old nephew and 2-year-old niece. Having lived his entire life with impaired kidney function – he underwent 9 surgeries for Bilaterral Ureteral Reflux before the age of 5 – he now find himself in kidney failure and in desperate need of both dialysis and a kidney transplant to survive. In order to keep his body from attacking and/or rejecting the new kidney, he will have to be on medications for the rest of his life. This is a very expensive situation and not one that he can afford on his own.
We will work together to keep you informed of Paul’s condition, treatment and progress through this blog.
Thank you so very much for your support.
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Thoughts, prayers and energies will continue to be sent. All paths lead up the mountain, right? With Paul's consent, I would like to add him to some prayer and healing circles.
A friend of mine recently donated her kidney to her dad...sort of. It turned out that she wasn't a match for him, but they were able to do a swap so that someone else got her kidney in exchange for a kidney for her dad. A google search of "kidney swap" gets a few hits of news articles about this kind of transaction - sometimes cartwheeling into several recipients and their non-matching family members. Might be something to look into.
Very, very best wishes - you are in my prayers.
Oh Paul. You're loved so much. I wish that you and your family didn't have to worry like this.
I just KNOW you'll be fine. EVERYONE is pulling for you. There is NO way this won't work.
WE LOVE YOU!!!
I would very much appreciate being added to the prayer and healing circles. Thank you.
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