🚨 A Young Mother Is Fighting for Her Third Kidney — Elizabeth Gutierrez Needs a Living Donor 💔💚
A young mother in Corpus Christi, Texas, is making an emotional plea to strangers, hoping that one person will step forward and help give her another chance at life.
Elizabeth Gutierrez, 33, has already endured two kidney transplants. Now, after years of battling kidney disease, she needs a third — and this time, she is hoping for a living donor.
💔 A 33-YEAR-OLD MOTHER FACING ANOTHER FIGHT
• 🩺 Elizabeth was just 16 when doctors discovered that her kidneys were scarred and severely damaged.
• 🧬 She was diagnosed with FSGS, a kidney disorder that can cause progressive loss of kidney function.
• 🏥 Her first two kidney transplants came from deceased donors.
• ⏰ She currently spends about three hours on dialysis, three days every week.
• 🏥 Last month, she endured a seven-day hospital stay that left her exhausted and frightened.
🚗 HER FATHER’S MESSAGE TOOK TO THE ROAD
After Elizabeth’s difficult hospitalization, her father placed a simple but powerful message on the family car: “We are seeking a HERO to donate a kidney to my 33yr. old daughter.”
The photo was shared on Facebook, and calls began coming in from people interested in becoming potential donors. Elizabeth says she is deeply grateful to people willing to consider helping someone they don’t even know.
👧 HER DAUGHTER IS HER GREATEST MOTIVATION
For Elizabeth, this fight is about her young daughter. ❤️ She wants to be there to watch her grow up.
🩺 HOW TO EXPLORE KIDNEY DONATION FOR ELIZABETH
🏥 Methodist Transplant Institute — Living Kidney Donor Patient Care Center (San Antonio)
📞 Living Donor Hotline: 210-575-4483
📞 Toll-free: 1-800-888-0402
🌐 Methodist Healthcare Kidney Live Donor Program: https://www.sahealth.com/patient-resources/kidney-live-donor-program
👉 Tell the transplant team you are interested in being evaluated as a potential living donor for Elizabeth Gutierrez. They can also explain paired kidney donation and blood-type-incompatible options.
📱 Family contact shown on the public appeal: 361-696-5405
Her doctors and transplant team — not the public — will determine donor eligibility and compatibility through medical evaluation.
🤝 CAN’T DONATE? YOU CAN STILL HELP
Share Elizabeth’s story with your friends and community, forward it to someone who may be interested in living donation, and keep Elizabeth and her daughter in your thoughts and prayers.
💚 #KidneyForElizabeth #LivingKidneyDonor #DonateLife #BeTheHero
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