After Her Dad Was Diagnosed With Kidney Failure, She Secretly Donated One Of Her Kidneys To Him And Kept It A Surprise For 8 Months
A woman from Missouri secretly donated one of her kidneys to her father, who had been suffering from end-stage renal disease.
And after the transplant surgery, she revealed to her father that she was his kidney donor, moving him to tears.
Delayne Ivanowski (@delayne_i) was the woman who made this ultimate sacrifice for her father, John Ivanowski. As his daughter, she wanted to do everything in her power to give her father more time with his family.
End-stage renal failure is a serious disease. According to John Hopkins Medicine, it is the final stage of chronic kidney disease when the kidneys’ condition has declined to the point of no longer functioning independently.
The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion estimates that about thirty million people in the U.S. suffer from chronic kidney disease.
John had been battling kidney issues for a few years. Then, one day, a lab test confirmed that he was in kidney failure and would most definitely need a kidney transplant soon.
As the months went on, he grew sicker and more lethargic. Finally, after another lab test with terrible results, John’s doctor ordered an emergency catheter to be placed inside his chest so he could begin dialysis.
Dialysis is the process of manually removing extra fluid and toxins from the blood since the kidneys can’t do the job themselves. So John was forced to go to a dialysis center and sit hooked up to a machine for hours.
Fortunately, dialysis helped improve John’s well-being, and eventually, he was able to learn how to do dialysis treatments at home.
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While this was happening, Delaney had been stealthily searching for a donor match for her father and even getting tests done herself. After numerous scans and evaluations, Delaney found out she was a match!
The surgery was scheduled for November. However, John fell out of a tree, breaking both his heel bones and part of his vertebrae. As a result, he was wheelchair-bound for six weeks.
Of course, the surgery for the kidney transplant had to be postponed, and the new date was for February. When that day came, the surgery went without a hitch, and the next day, Delaney finally spilled the beans.
In a video posted to TikTok, you can view John’s reaction to his daughter’s news as she walked into his recovery room wearing a hospital gown with an IV stand trailing behind her. The video has amassed over five million views.
Healthcare coverage in the U.S. is rudimentary at best, and the costs for something as serious as a kidney transplant are astronomical.
So Delaney has taken to GoFundMe to raise money for her family during this tough time to help cover the medical bills.
Currently, Delaney has received $18,548 out of her $20,000 goal. If you want to contribute to Delaney’s cause, visit her GoFundMe here.
https://www.tiktok.com/@delayne_i/video/7201520420359638314
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