Morriston woman urges people to become organ donors

An entire country separates Morriston’s Dottie Hydue from her step-daughter in California, but it hasn’t deterred her from becoming an advocate to raise awareness for the need  for living organ donors.
March 10 was National Kidney Day, and Hydue can’t think of a better way to commemorate it than by urging people to consider becoming an organ donor.
Her stepdaughter, Tracie  Skaggs, 48, suffers from kidney failure and undergoes dialysis while she waits on a matching donor.
Thus far, no one in the family has been a match and while 3,000 miles may separate them, she is raising money locally and educating people about the need for organ donation.
More than 26 million Americans have chronic kidney disease and most don’t know it.
Tracie knew something was wrong when pain lingered longer than usual, her stepmother said. A blood panel revealed that her kidneys were indeed failing.
A living kidney transplant has an estimated life span of 18 years, twice as long as a cadaver transplant, Hydue said.

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