Hello and welcome to our site! My name is Joan Miller and this site pertains to our ongoing quest to help our son, Eric, find a matching kidney donor.

Eric was born with kidney failure and, at age 11, I donated a kidney to him which functioned well for a decade and a half. Currently Eric is on dialysis every night, for 10 hours, due to his transplanted kidney failing. When Eric's transplanted kidney began to fail, it was discovered that he has an extraordinarily high antibody level. In medical terms, he has a PRA of 94, which means Eric only has a 6% chance of being a match with anyone tested. That discovery was the catalyst in our search for a matching kidney donor. Eric's brother, Scott, was tested for compatibility but, unfortunately, was not compatible. Eric's father, Pat, is diabetic, which automatically eliminates him as a donor. Eric is listed on UNOS (United Network of Organ Sharing) but the wait could be years long!

Eric was interviewed by MyFoxPhilly in June, 2007 after his friends Mike and Mel contacted Fox 29 in Philadelphia about our search. Our search was also discussed on the Preston & Steve show on 93.3 WMMR in early October, 2007 as well as advertised on the Preston & Steve website. Our search is being advertised by both 98.1 WOGL and 102.9 WMGK in Philadelphia on their websites, as well. The North Penn Reporter and Times Herald (Montgomery County, PA) wrote an article about Eric in March, 2007, as well. On January 9, 2008 we were invited to Preston & Steve's studio and we discussed Eric's need for a matching kidney donor on the air. We cannot thank WMMR enough for their support!!

In an effort to expand our search even more, we have posted flyers in various commercial establishments in the Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia and Delaware county areas. We have also had vinyl lettering advertising our MySpace site placed on all of our vehicles and the vehicles of some of our supporters.Supporter of our search have informed us that they have posted flyers in Ohio, New York and even California.

We developed a MySpace profile in early October, 2007 where we have met a lot of wonderful people who were willing to help us either by being tested as a donor or by distributing our flyer and/or our web banner to aid in the search. Placing one of Eric's banners on your MySpace page can truly have far reaching effects.

This website will be an ongoing and consistently growing project which will be updated frequently.

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