LAKE CITY, S.C. (WBTW) — Sgt. Brittany Hood, a 35-year-old school resource officer at Dr. Ronald E. McNair School of Digital Communication and Leadership in Lake City, is seeking a living kidney donor while continuing to serve her school community.
Hood is facing a severe health condition that causes her kidneys to swell significantly. “What it does is it makes your kidneys enlarge. So at this point in time, my kidneys are as big as footballs,” Hood said. “So it takes up a lot of room in your body, makes you tired, you struggle to breathe.”
Doctors have informed Hood that securing a living donor is critical for her long-term health and quality of life compared to receiving a kidney from a deceased donor…