🚨 “From Lifesaver to Life on Hold: Man Waiting for Organ Call Urges You to Donate a Kidney or Liver!” 💔🩺
Chuck McRaney, a 44-year-old clinical social worker from Lamar County, Mississippi, has spent his life bringing comfort to others — and now he’s fighting for his own life while waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. His story has captured hearts on social media, local news, and through his support site, where his journey has been shared as “Chuck’s Liver Journey to His 41st Day.”
🩺 A Life Dedicated to Helping Others… Now in Need Himself
📜 Selfless caregiver turned patient: Chuck has worked as a clinical social worker, helping families through their hardest moments — and now, with faith and strength, he’s facing his own biggest battle.
🩹 Liver failure diagnosis: He was diagnosed with nonalcoholic liver cirrhosis and now waits for a liver transplant call that could save his life — the same way he’s helped support others through life sways and storms.
📞 Waiting for “the call”: Chuck describes his daily life as one of anxious waiting — eyes on the phone, hoping today is the day a donor has been found.
💪 Family standing strong: His family walks this road with him — through every hospital visit, fluid drain, and missed transplant call — pushing forward with faith and determination.
đź§ Why This Matters
⚠️ More than 100,000 Americans are waiting for life-saving organs right now — including kidneys — with many never reaching the call that could save them.
🤝 A living kidney donor can dramatically increase someone’s chance at life when the waitlist is long. Paired exchange programs can help donors who aren’t direct matches still make life-saving connections.
💡 Stories of living kidney donors show that people can live healthy, full lives with just one kidney — a powerful reminder that your gift could change someone’s entire future.
📞 How YOU Can Help — Become a Living Donor
Whether you’re passionate about kidney or liver donation (or both), here are direct ways to take action:
🩺 Kidney Donation Options:
- National Kidney Registry (living donors):Â https://www.kidneyregistry.comNational Kidney Registry | Facilitating Living Kidney DonationThe National Kidney Registry helps people facing kidney failure by facilitating paired kidney exchange and makin…
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) living donor info:Â https://www.unos.org/donation/living-donation/
- Dialysis patients & transplant program contacts:Â Ask to be connected to your local transplant center for evaluation (many have paired exchange capabilities).
❤️ Liver Donation Info:
- UNOS living liver donation info:Â https://unos.org/donation/living-donation/
- Discuss living liver donation screening with your local transplant hospital — even partial liver donations can save lives.
📝 When contacting transplant centers, mention that you are interested in giving a living kidney or liver donation and would like to begin the screening process.
📣 Rally the World with These Hashtags
#HelpChuck #KidneyOrLiverDonation #DonateLife #BeAHero #LivingDonorHero #OrganDonationAwareness #TransplantHope #LifeLineCall
Chuck’s journey was meant to bring life to others — now he’s bravely calling on the world to step up and be the miracle for someone else.
Your decision to learn about donation, talk to a transplant team, or share this message might be the moment that changes someone’s story from waiting to living. 💚


