By writer to www.mychamplainvalley.com
Plattsburgh, NY – Plattsburgh resident, Jim Morgan, well-known for neighborhood occasions, is now in search of the neighborhood’s assist in discovering a residing kidney donor after a year-long search.
Enterprise proprietor, thrill seeker, and journey lover Jim “Timex” Morgan is in search of a residing kidney donor to beat muc-1 kidney illness, a uncommon genetic dysfunction resulting in early kidney failure.
“It permits the kidney to do a few of its pure operate. I consider it as form of a display, and that being that the display can nonetheless slot in a window. It nonetheless does every little thing. It’s simply all clogged up with fuzz,” mentioned Morgan’s accomplice Shelly Turner.
Resulting from his genetic situation, Morgan has wanted to be on dialysis since June of 2022.
He can not work at his enterprise Plattsburgh Superior Imaging, which has taken a toll on Morgan’s psychological well being.
“June ninth was a giant, large day as a result of I can not work. I can not do what I’m purported to be doing. I assume that was actually, actually robust for me to determine that I’ve bought to only step away,” mentioned Morgan.
Most years presently, Morgan can be planning the following large occasion at Airborne Speedway.
Now he undergoes a four-hour dialysis course of 5 days per week, involving the preparation, remedy, and subsequent disconnection of the machine for the next day.
Morgan can not do most of the different issues he loves, like race automobile driving, touring, or fishing, as a result of toll dialysis has had on his physique.
Jim and his accomplice Shelly, linked to Jen Benson, founder and CEO of The Transplant Journey, and David Krissman, creator of The Nice Social Experiment, have agreed to take part in a pilot program to launch a web-based marketing campaign.
“We began in search of these sufferers that had been in want of residing donors, and this group that I’ve, the Transplant Journey Inc., works with sufferers who’re attempting to navigate the transplant course of,” mentioned Founder/CEO of the Transplant Journey Inc., Jen Benson.
“Jen and I principally work with them, and we mobilize their neighborhood. Their pals and family members, get everybody organized, create significant media after which blast that message far and vast,” mentioned Producer of the Nice Social Experiment, David Krissman.
Krissman mentioned in his expertise, making a full on-line marketing campaign on a number of platforms is far more efficient to find a residing donor than counting on one web site.
A kidney transplant would permit Morgan to return to work once more, spend time along with his grandchildren, and get again to doing what he loves.
To learn how to assist Morgan and be a residing organ donor, go to www.thegreatsocialexperiment.net/patients/jim-morgan.
