Who Am I?
Greetings Friend! I have 24 years working and supporting the DoD and military as an IT Engineer. Over time, my kidney disease has gotten worse causing my kidneys not to work well enough to keep me alive. This is what I am facing now, and my treatment options are limited to dialysis treatments or a kidney transplant. Getting regular dialysis treatments, usually three times a week for three and half hours at a time, will help my kidneys do their job and keep me alive for now, but a transplant would offer me more freedom and the ability to live a longer, healthier, more normal life. A transplant would also give me more time to do the fun things I enjoy most, like spending time with my family and friends.
Asking a family member or a friend to consider donating a kidney to me is difficult, but it greatly improves my chances of getting a transplant.
A living kidney donation typically lasts longer and has better function. You might not know a lot about living donation - I know I didn’t before kidney disease affected my life. Understandably, some people are afraid about the surgery and what living with one kidney will mean for them.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story. If donating a kidney to me is something you would like to consider, I would be happy to tell you more about my story and explore the process of determining if you are a match for me. However, I know living donation may not be right for everyone, but you can still help! Consider being an organ donor after death and also, help me by sharing my story with everyone you know. At the very least I want to bring awareness to kidney disease and living donation. I am hopeful my efforts will help me receive a kidney sooner and encourage others to consider helping the many people on the wait list.
My Interests:
I enjoy spending time with family & Friends. I am a senior Deacon at my church.
My Diagnosis:
ESRD
How A Kidney Transplant Will Affect My Life:
A kidney transplant would offer me more freedom and the ability to live a longer, healthier, more normal life. A transplant would also give me more time to do the fun things I enjoy most, like spending time with my family and friends.
My Blood Type:
Julio is asking for your help, as he urgently needs a kidney!
It takes an extraordinarily special person to save another person’s life!
Please consider being Julio’s kidney donor, and give him the Gift of Life!
Please share Julio’s story & information with all of your friends and family, and ask them to share it as well.
Listed at:
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA
To Inquire About Living Kidney Donation for Jonathan, Contact:
Transplant Center: 703-776-6143 // www.inova.org/kidney
All costs throught the transplant process would be covered by Julio’s medical insurance.
Julio Ortiz - Age: 59
