WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — March is National Kidney Month, a time to raise awareness about kidney health and the urgent need for living donors.
As of September 2024, nearly 90,000 people were waiting for a kidney, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. While a record 6,800 living donors donated a kidney in 2019, the waitlist remains extensive.
For patients like West Seneca resident Nichole Jenson, finding a donor is a chance at a full life. Jenson has faced numerous health challenges since 2017, beginning with lipedema and lymphedema, a swelling disorder.
“In 2021, I ended up having sepsis and I was hospitalized for 11 days in the ICU and then had to go into rehab, basically to relearn to walk and have lymphoedema therapy. And at that time, my kidneys almost went into full renal failure,” Jenson said…