Author: sharonafoley

An Educational Program About Kidney Donation DATE: Wednesday, May 29, 2024 TIME: 6:30pm to 7:45pm LOCATION: Cranston Public Library, 140 Sockanosset Cross Road FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Presenters include Dr. Basma O. Merhi, MD along with a panel of donors and recipients

Lives Forever Changed:  Stories of Hope and Compassion:  An educational program about kidney donation. Date:  Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Time:  6:30pm to 7:45pm Location:  Cranston Public Library, Central Library, James T. Giles Community Room Contact:  Robin Nyzio, [email protected] To Register: Go to the Cranston Public Library website; click Events Presenters include Dr. Basma O. Merhi, […]

I still search for a living kidney donor, and along the way of this search I am blessed.  I must have done something good because today as I fumble to pay my parking ticket at the RI Hospital kiosk I hear a clear voice, “Can I help you?”  As I turn around, the woman startles […]

Today we celebrate St. Brigid. Her feast day marks the end of the darkness of winter and heralds the new season of hope and growth. Brigid is the patron saint of poets and is known for her miracles of healing for the disenfranchised. I pray that Brigid will inspire someone to be a living kidney […]

By Paul Edward Parker | Providence Journal CRANSTON − Joseph Reek was sleeping 16 hours a day. He had no energy. His kidneys were failing, a complication of Type 2 diabetes. It would take a miracle to save him from dialysis – or worse. Little did he know that he would find that miracle and […]

Today, December 13th my poem A Visit to my Bedridden Father is published in the online journal, SWIMM Everyday (Supporting Women Writers in Miami).  Go to my website www.SharonNeedsaKidney.org  to hear my reading of this poem.   I’m still searching for a living kidney donor.  If you can help me with this, email me at [email protected] […]

Email me at [email protected] if you can be a donor.

Please Share This Post.  I’m still searching for a living kidney donor.  Email me at [email protected] and/or call RI Hospital Kidney Transplant Center at 401-440-8562.  My blood type is O Positive.  Even if you don’t have that blood type you can be considered a donor. 

Can you donate your kidney to me?  Email me at [email protected] and call RI Hospital Kidney Transplant Center at 401-440-8562.  My doctors tell me that I may need to do daily dialysis soon.   I sure would like to find a kidney.   My blood type is O positive, however, even if you don’t have that blood […]

I continue my search for a living kidney donor.  If you are inclined to be a donor for me, please email me and/or call the RI Hospital Kidney Transplant Center at 401-440-8562.   My poem, Elegy for My Brother in memory of my brother is recently published in Paterson Literary Review, Issue 51, 2023, p. 150.  […]