Family uses signs, social media to find kidney donors

ABC6 | Ali Gorman RN


(WPVI) -Nearly 100,000 Americans are in need of a kidney transplant. As they wait for a donor, many are taking matters into their hands.

Eric Miller is a mechanical wizard. He transformed a rusted-out 1960's Chevy into a gleaming yellow muscle car from the ground up. But one thing he can't fix is a problem he was born with - his kidneys.

Joan Miller, Eric's mother, explains, "One kidney actually had only 8-percent function, and the other was literally turned inside out. They told us he would absolutely never make one-year-old."

That was 34 years ago. Eric has had two kidney transplants - one with a kidney from his mother and another from an unrelated donor.
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