Yesterday, Natalie Cole received a new kidney from a deceased donor and now has new chance at a better life. The singer is now recovering from kidney transplant surgery in a L.A. hospital. It’s expected that Cole will spend the next three to four months recuperating…

Each day, an average of 14 Canadians learn that their kidneys have failed.

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      WTF! is up with Natalie Cole fans wanting to donate their kidneys to her? I mean that’s great and all but what about the other 4000 other Canadians and thousands of other people around the globe who are in desperate need of a Kidney too? What an uproar!!

Stats

• Kidney disease can strike anyone at any age.
• An estimated 2 million Canadians have kidney disease, or are at risk.
• Each day, an average of 14 Canadians learn that their kidneys have failed.
• leading causes of kidney failure can be Sepsis, Glomerulonephritis, Diabetes, Renal Vascular Disease, Rhabdomyolysis, Medications (Some medications are toxic to the kidney) and Chemical Poisons.

     On March 31, 2009 Natalie Cole’s appeareance on the Larry King Live show sparked “dozens of emails that flooded the CNN studio” with offers for replacement kidneys. Cole, 59, the daughter of legendary singer Nat King Cole goes too Dialysis three times a week, so she can stay alive due to kidney failure. The Jazz singer was diagnosed with Hep-C last year, likely caused from her needle sharing days back in the 1970s. In 1975 the star was arrested in Toronto for possession of heroin and in the mid 1980s Cole entered rehab for a Heroin, LSD and Cocaine addiction.

She has since then turned her life around and is now a devoted Baptist.

I wish her all the best, no one deserved to suffer or be sick…

Donating to a friend of family member is much more rewarding. Anyone who is healthy can be a living donor. The first step would be to find out your blood type and see if you are a match with your recipient. Most Kidney patients are placed on a waiting list for a chance at receiving a deceased donation, this process usually can take years. They’re risks involved in any surgery, so you should talk to your doctor and check out the National Kidney Foundation for more info…