Desperate Mum Who Posted Her Appeal For A Kidney Donation On Her Rear Car Window Finds A Donor!

A desperate mum who posted an appeal for a kidney donor in the rear window of her car has found a donor after a stranger saw the message and offered to help.

Christine Royles was 23 when she learned she had two autoimmune diseases, lupus and ANCA vasculitis, leading to kidney failure.

The South Portland woman went on the national waiting list to find a donor, but chose to go a different route.

The Portland Press Herald reported that Royles painted an appeal for a donor on the rear window of her car, along with a phone number.

The message read 'Looking for someone 2 donate me their kidney! Must have type O blood :) (you only need one kidney).'

Josh Dall-Leighton, 30, saw the message on a trip to the Maine Mall with his family, according to the newspaper.

The father-of-three, who works as a corrections officer, called.

He told the Portland Press Herald 'I just looked at my wife and said, "I have to try." I think it was the fact that I have three kids of my own, and that really resonated with me.

'If (my wife) needed a kidney and I couldn't provide for her, I would hope that somebody else would kind of step up and help her out.'

The Windham stranger has been classified as a potential match and the surgery is set for May, according to the newspaper.

Royles, 24, told the Portland Press Herald: 'The fact that someone with a young family is going to take time off work to help some random person is unbelievable to me.'

The newspaper reported that Royles spends 10 hours on a dialysis machine upon returning from her Applebee's job.



- Dailymail