r/Fundraisers • u/FuegoPequena • 1d ago
I need help with post-kidney donation surgery expenses.
This feels really gross and bad, but I'm realizing that I do, in fact, need to ask for some help. I am so, so fortunate to be able to give my brother a kidney. We are a perfect tissue-type match, so I'm able to donate directly. He's been on dialysis for 2 years now, and he's finally been cleared (he was considered too high-risk for surgery for a hot minute there). Surgery is scheduled for 1/6.Grants are available, but limited in what they can cover. I will need insurance to pay for pain meds post-surgery, and I do want to be able to reimburse my lovely partner for any lost wages resulting from taking care of me in the 1-2 weeks immediately following surgery.
TLDR: I get to get my brother off of dialysis, but I live in a capitalist hellscape.