Author: sharonafoley

Gift of Life

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 […]

Poem Published Online

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 SharonNeedsaKidney@gmail.com […]

Searching Today

Please Share This Post.  I’m still searching for a living kidney donor.  Email me at sharonneedsakidney@gmail.com 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. 

Still Searching

Can you donate your kidney to me?  Email me at sharonneedsakidney@gmail.com 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 […]

My Brother Ted

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.  […]

Mental Health Awareness

I continue to search for someone who can be a kidney donor for me.  If you feel called to be a kidney donor, please visit my website and call RI Hospital Kidney Transplant Center at 401-444-8562. May is Mental Health Awareness Month.  One of the best mental hygiene strategies is to be aware of your […]

Anne Morrow Lindbergh on Easter

DIARY   Monday after Easter, April Today is the real Easter morning.  Yesterday was overcast and chilly.  This morning is still, warm, newly awakened.  One walks out into it like a flower just opened.             The world sounds like spring, like summer, this morning.  So still, so perfect, so whole is the morning that one can […]

Preemptive Kidney Transplant

I’m reaching high to have a preemptive kidney transplant, and I’m searching for a living kidney donor.  If you can consider being a donor, go to my website:  https://sharonneedsakidney.org and call the Rhode Island Hospital Transplant Team at 401-444-8562.    According to the      National Kidney Foundation, a preemptive kidney transplant is the preferred method of transplant […]