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The Podium

Tuesday, January 03

Connecting to Organs

By Brad

Via The Huffington Post, Donna Gordon Blankinship of the Associated Press looks at a growing trend in social media:

Between the kid photos and reminiscences about high school, more and more pleas for help from people with failing kidneys are popping up. Facebook and other social media sites are quickly becoming a go-to place to find a generous person with a kidney to spare, according to the people asking for help and some national organizations that facilitate matches.

The entire article is both heart-warming and worth checking out.

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