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Give the gift of life: Become an organ donor
New Jersey has 4,000 people waiting for a life-saving transplant.
Not only do they need a tissue or organ donation, they also need a message of hope, says Alyssa D Addio, director of hospital and community services for the NJ Sharing Network.
Every three days, a person in New Jersey dies waiting for a transplant. Just one organ and tissue donor can save eight lives and enhance the lives of over 75 people.
Transplantable organs include heart, kidneys, liver, lung, pancreas and intestine. Transplantable tissues include corneas, heart valves, skin grafts and bone grafts, ligament and tendons.
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Can you help? Franklin Lakes man desperately needs kidney
Tony Matarazzo is a Franklin Lakes man who desperately needs a kidney.
He lives with his wife of 42 years, Eileen, has four children and nine grandchildren, with twins on the way to make it 11. He s retired, too, but owned a freight forwarding business.
Here s his story in his own words, which he emailed to me. My name is Anthony (Tony) Matarazzo and I’m asking for your help. I was born in Paterson, N.J. and grew up in Hawthorne. I was diagnosed with hypertension at age 40, and at nearly the same time began to have problems with gout and kidney stones. I had many gout and kidney stone attacks in my 40s until the doctors got me stabilized with the right medications. As is the case with other chronic kidney disease patients, the combination of hypertension and kidney stones is deadly for the kidneys.