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Friday, December 2, 2011

Calling all Kidneys,: Social Media Helps Save Local Mom's Life

CBS Boston | Kathy Curran, WBZ TV

DANVERS (CBS) – Anne Skinner’s kidneys were failing, that’s when her husband Mike, who was desperate to help, tapped into social media.

“I went from a vibrant, busy working mom to a tired, sick woman,” Anne said.
Mike used his Twitter and Facebook accounts, started a blog, and came up with the slogan “Calling All Kidneys” to search for a donor for Anne.

The 43-year-old mother-of-four suffers from Polycystic Kidney Disease, a genetic disease with no cure.

“I went into stage 5 renal failure and was quickly faced with needing a donor,” Anne said.

Mike would have donated his own kidney, but has a pre-existing condition that wouldn’t allow him.

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