🚨 “26-Year-Old Woman’s Heartbreaking Viral Plea: ‘I Need a Kidney or I Won’t Survive’ — Time Is Running Out!” 💔🩺
This week a gut-wrenching public plea has spread across social media and national news: a 26-year-old woman from Rochester Hills, Michigan, Gabby Porter is struggling with end-stage kidney failure due to Berger’s disease, has taken to video to beg the world for a life-saving kidney transplant. Her message isn’t poetic — it’s raw, real, and a matter of life or death.
The video has been shared thousands of times on Facebook, X, TikTok, and now on Yahoo News, where she implores anyone who might be a match to step forward.
⚠️ What You Need to Know
• 👩 She’s just 26 years old, struck by a rare autoimmune kidney disease that has ravaged both kidneys.
• 📉 Berger’s disease has left her facing end-stage kidney failure, where dialysis no longer offers quality of life.
• 📢 In a now-viral video, she publicly pleads for a kidney donor — a level of desperation that has captured hearts nationwide.
• ⏳ Without a transplant, dialysis steals precious time — and the clock is running fast.
• 🤲 Her courage in speaking out has sparked widespread sharing, community concern, and a growing call for living donors.
🛡️ How You Can Be Her Lifeline — Kidney Donation Contact Details
If you are healthy and would like to explore becoming a living kidney donor, here are verified transplant contact options:
📞 Call: 1-800-333-9013📧 Email: gabbyporter15@gmail.com.
📍 Henry Ford Transplant Program (serving Michigan)
📞 Call: 1-800-HENRYF (436-793)
📧 Email: livingdonor@henryford.com
🌐 Living Donor Info: https://www.henryford.com/services/transplant/kidney-transplant/living-kidney-donation
👉 When you call or email, mention “interested in becoming a living kidney donor” — the transplant team will walk you through screening eligibility.
📍 National Kidney Registry (NKRx) — helps match living donors across paired exchange chains:
📞 1-800-803-8896
🌐 https://www.kidneyregistry.com


