More in need of organ transplants seek their own donors

[Clark]

http://www.freep.com/article/20140519/FEATURES08/305190121/organ-transplant-donor

More in need of organ transplants seek their own donors

Paula Campolargo regularly updates her Facebook page, tweets, posts ads on Craigslist, hands out fliers at church and hangs signs on grocery store bulletin boards.

But her two-year-long search has failed to turn up anyone able to give her the kidney that she so desperately needs.

"It's disappointing, but I'll never stop," she said. "I can't. There has to be someone out there willing to do it."

As the need for donor organs, especially kidneys, continues to outstrip the supply, more and more people are launching their own searches, with many of them, like Camplargo, turning to social media.

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