Woman Agrees to Donate a Kidney to Save a Toddler

 

Christy Harding came across a Facebook page created for a 2-year-old who has a rare genetic disorder that affects kidneys. Harding wanted to help in anyway she could and reached out to the children's hospital where the toddler was being treated to see if she could help with anything.

 

She was told that the girl, Arianna Moore, was in need of a kidney. Even though Moore was all the way in Minnesota and Harding herself was a complete stranger living in Florida, she volunteered to donate one of her kidneys to the little girl. And it must have been fate because Harding was a match. 

 

When asked why she made the decision to donate one of her kidneys Harding explained that she had a 2 year-old daughter and knew that if her daughter were in need of a kidney that she would hope that someone would try to save her.

Shortly after her birth, Moore was diagnosed with diffuse mesangial sclerosis. Since then she has undergone dialysis about ten hours, every day, for the past two years. Her kidneys failed when she was seven weeks old but none of her blood relatives were a match and they could not find a donor  willing to help. 

 

Moore's family turned to social media with the hopes of finding someone willing to help their daughter and that is how Harding was able to come in contact with them.

 

On top of donating her kidney Harding has set up a Go Fund Me page to raise money for Moore's family to go to Disneyland in Orlando, Florida. The goal is to raise $12,000 and in just one day the page received about $1,000 worth of donations.

 

Many of us probably cannot believe that a complete stranger would do this for a family she will not meet until Monday, but there are people like Harding in this world. It is rare but they do exist.

 

 If you ever feel compelled to do something from the kindness of your heart do it. I know we cannot all be like Harding but we should be our best and do what we can.