{"id":6683,"date":"2023-05-07T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2023-05-05T07:22:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:22:07","slug":"column-kidney-donation-registration-can-be-life-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/05\/07\/column-kidney-donation-registration-can-be-life-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"Column: Kidney Donation Registration Can Be Life-Changing"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6683\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Matthew Harmody Special to The Pilot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April is National Donate Life Month. Over 100,000 Americans are currently on the transplant waiting list, with about 90,000 awaiting a kidney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The topic of kidney donation is near and dear to me for several reasons. First, my father developed chronic kidney disease (CKD) and eventually kidney failure at age 50, requiring dialysis.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepilot.com\/opinion\/column-kidney-donation-registration-can-be-life-changing\/article_f2622f88-e38e-11ed-9914-ff8943ae4318.html\">Read the full story in The Pilot here.<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6683\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading By Matthew Harmody Special to The Pilot April is National Donate Life Month. 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