Donor Diaries
Donor Diaries
Laurie Lee
Choosing Life: Renal Warriors Wilson & Amy | EP 36
34 minutes Posted Jan 6, 2026 at 6:00 am.
Choose Life: Wilson’s Turning Point
Welcome To Season Four
Wilson’s Fast Life To Kidney Failure
The Hundred-Pound Wall And Despair
First Agonizing Steps To Freedom
Turning Pain Into Power
Amy Enters: A Donor Awakens
Denied For BMI, Fueled By Purpose
COVID Delays And The Other Amy
Non-Directed Donation On Her Birthday
Building Mission HQ While On Dialysis
A Gym For Warriors And Hope
Redefining Exercise: Consistency Over Intensity
Community, Access, And Scaling The Mission
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Donor Diaries, we sit down with transplant recipient Wilson Du and living kidney donor Amy McCann, two people whose stories intertwine through determination, community, and the belief that choosing life is a daily practice. Wilson spent five and a half years on dialysis before receiving his transplant in 2022. After a doctor told him he needed to lose 100 pounds or forget about a transplant, he confronted the shock, the shame, and the painful first steps to...