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TOWAMENCIN – Sone Saysana’s life was bursting on the seams, or so it appeared: six siblings, three kids, a spouse, and two kidneys. However in an ironic accident, his portions and qualities had been thrown out of stability. Over time, each kidneys had almost failed, leaving him weary and seeking a miracle.

“I used to be caught on that dialysis machine for eight to 10 hours, and there have been days the place I wished to surrender. There have been days the place I used to be identical to, ‘this could’t be my life,’” Saysana commented. He had struggled for years with the relentless, draining results of kidney failure; little did he know that an opportunity encounter from his latest previous would internet him a preventing likelihood.

“About 4 years in the past, my nephew Preston Saysana had simply moved up right here, to the Towamencin space… he actually didn’t know [anybody]… and he wished to play basketball,” defined Saysana.

His analysis led him to the Towamencin Youth Affiliation, which occurred to be holding tryouts within the North Penn College District. 

Stated Saysana, “one of many coaches – his title was Doug Kyle… launched me to a few of the gamers [and coaches]… to see if I used to be keen on teaching. And I had by no means coached earlier than, but it surely was positively one thing that I thought of, you realize, to assist Preston [feel more comfortable].” Throughout a subsequent league assembly, one coach, Saysana recalled, “welcomed me with open arms.”

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Saysana (second from proper) and Reid with their Towamencin Youth Affiliation basketball group.

That coach was Howard Reid, a cheerful father of three hoping to share his love of basketball and life with highschool college students – like his son, Dylan, who attends North Penn Excessive College with Saysana’s personal son Donovan and nephew Preston. “I all the time had the very best respect for [Sone] since you may inform he was an incredible human being, a superb dad… and clearly he liked [his nephew] rather a lot,” stated Reid.

The 2 met ceaselessly all through that basketball season and into the subsequent summer season, when Reid found Saysana’s medical challenges one night whereas they chatted over a sport of playing cards. Upon discovering out that Saysana had been awaiting a donor, Reid casually supplied to get examined. Although grateful for Reid’s provide – “it was an incredible gesture” – Saysana “was fairly assured that [his] siblings had been going to be a match.”

As summer season crept in direction of fall, nevertheless, Sone’s siblings started to “wash out” of competition for kidney donation on account of well being points like hypertension and diabetes. Reid reiterated his request.

“I stated, ‘I’d be greater than glad to get examined… it’s an honor to do it,’” he said.

Reid outlined the method he underwent to be thought-about as a donor. First, “you fill out a kind and also you reply some questions” about your well being to see in case your blood sort matches the recipient’s. Subsequent, potential donors endure a wide range of bodily and psychological exams supposed to “weed out” individuals who can be in danger for problems throughout or after the surgical procedure. 

Reid’s spouse, Jennifer, was “100% supportive” as he continued to efficiently go every degree of testing.

“I used to be all the time involved about letting Sone and his household down… so many individuals had washed out in the course of the course of and the analysis, so I type of waited till it was positively a go, that we got a inexperienced mild, earlier than I talked to [my kids, Dylan, Erin, and Shannon],” defined Reid. They had been additionally supportive.

“As they went down the road, one after one other – you realize, they had been being denied, denied, denied… when Howard was a match, my thoughts was blown. I couldn’t imagine it… for him to even undergo with all the things, even filling out the shape… to me, that meant rather a lot.” Saysana continued, “once we [wife Kim, son Donovan, and daughters Peyton and Taylor] came upon that Howard was a match… it was like a weight off [our] shoulders… it was like a curler coaster experience, as a result of for my brothers, it was like ‘sure, no, sure, no.’ Lastly, somebody was a particular sure.”

“We knew for some time that my dad was going to get a transplant, it was simply uncertain who he’d get it from so I used to be a bit shocked once I came upon that the one that can be donating the kidney can be my coach,” stated Donovan, Saysana’s son. “After the operation, I’d say that we had been relieved, and knew issues can be getting higher going forwards,” he completed.

The kidney transplant was efficiently accomplished on February 11th, 2020.

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“Once we bought transplanted, it was on the College of [Pennsylvania], and since March is Worldwide Ladies’s Month, I wish to put this on the market: our group was stuffed with feminine surgeons, feminine nurses, feminine assistant nurses – an all-female group… they deserve the credit score, as a result of they did an superior job… [my scar] healed up completely,” Saysana commented.

Each Reid and Saysana are residence recovering, however they don’t plan on resting for lengthy. Starting on April 1st (sure, actually), they’re launching a podcast entitled “You Are Not Alone.”

“Everybody carries round some type of ache… all of us have this stuff we preserve underneath the floor that we don’t discuss to folks about. And fairly often, it’s a burden… it could possibly be melancholy, it could possibly be a kidney, it could possibly be something,” famous Reid. “There’s stuff that doesn’t go on social media that we conceal… we solely put the good things on the market. But it surely’s type of good when somebody cares about that different aspect.”

Citing the prevalence of points equivalent to divorce, PTSD, isolation, and grief, Reid and Saysana expressed the will to make use of their story as a “jumping-off level” to catalyze a variety of discussions about compassion and therapeutic. The pair additionally plans to ask consultants to the podcast, to offer additional perception and recommendation to individuals who can not in any other case afford skilled assist.

Based on its press launch, “This podcast is a beacon of hope for these feeling misplaced and alone within the darkness of despair to allow them to

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Saysana and Reid’s podcast goals to make clear a wide range of troublesome points and provoke discussions about friendship and psychological well being.

know there’s hope and assist. Every week, we share hope, humor, compelling tales, and – most significantly – a path ahead for overcoming life’s hardest real-world challenges. No topic is off limits, together with melancholy, suicide, unemployment, isolation, racism, illness, loneliness, crippling pupil debt – even ready for an organ transplant. This podcast is hosted by Ding “The King” Saysana and Howard “The White OG” Reid. These two “blood brothers” with completely different backgrounds are consultants at overcoming adversity and are joined by particular friends who might help present the way in which. If you happen to’re feeling alone in a sea of despair, Ding and Howard are trying to find you and gained’t go away you behind.”

“Principally, our complete podcast is simply going to be a broad style of all a lot of these subjects, to assist out all a lot of these age teams, ethnic teams, and genders” – in brief, a complete reflection of the North Penn neighborhood, relayed Saysana, including, “we’re going to be right here to assist. We are able to relate.”

“A part of the explanation why we wished to do that is to verify we convey the message to everybody inside the highschool – it’s all about service and [looking after] one another… we’ve had a completely great expertise with the entire North Penn College District and the folks there,” Reid added. “It could possibly be a giant drawback or a small drawback, however you actually aren’t alone… [Sone] felt actually alone, and that’s not the case in any respect in life. We’re actually right here for one another.”

Throughout his expertise, “I discovered that… the kindness [of] somebody that I by no means grew up with, somebody that I solely knew for a pair years, was prepared to danger his life for me. That, to me – there have been no phrases to actually describe it… my religion has been restored in humanity,” Saysana mused. “I’m positively happy with the neighborhood. The neighborhood truly stepped up and helped me out big-time, and I used to be positively shocked by that.”

Stated Donovan, “one thing I discovered was to all the time attain out and discover new folks, get out of your consolation zone. I do know my father would’ve by no means met Howard if he didn’t,” he concluded.

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