Funds being raised to help Chicago boy, 6, in need of kidney transplant
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
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(Children s Organ Transplant Association)
CHICAGO - A Chicago family is asking for the community s help in raising funds for their 6-year-old son, who is in need of a life-saving kidney transplant.
Elliot Brooks is currently receiving medical care at Lurie Children s Hospital after being diagnosed with Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome (CNS), according to the Children s Organ Transplant Association (COTA).
The rare disorder affects about one to three children out of 100,000 worldwide, COTA says. CNS often results in kidney failure early in life.
While the condition is lifelong for those diagnosed with the disorder, it s possible for children to grow and thrive with the help of a life-saving kidney transplant, according to the organization.
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Couple pledges to match new donations for 10-year-old Athens girl recovering from heart transplant
The donation match will last for the next 30 days
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UPDATE (April 29, 2021): Following Bella’s heart transplant at Children’s Hospital in Nashville, a generous couple is adding to the donations already pledged to the Winters family.
According to the President of the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, a couple that wishes to remain anonymous has stated they will match any donations given for the next 30 days via the COTA website found in the below link.
See our previous report on Bella’s surgery below:
Help turn tragedy into triumph
By Staff | Apr 21, 2021
To the editor:
The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) was founded in April 1986 when residents of Bloomington, Indiana, rallied around a toddler who needed a life-saving liver transplant. In less than eight weeks, the community raised $100,000 to place the boy on the organ waiting list. But he died before an organ was found. Those community volunteers, along with his parents, turned tragedy into triumph by using those funds to help other transplant families.
For 35 years, COTA has assisted thousands of transplant families by helping to raise funds for transplant-related expenses. COTA has built extensive volunteer networks across the nation in an attempt to ensure that no child or young adult needing an organ or tissue transplant is excluded from a transplant waiting list due to lack of funds.