Donor Diaries
Donor Diaries
Laurie Lee
A World Record Kidney: 58 Years and Still Going | EP 41
36 minutes Posted Jun 2, 2026 at 5:00 am.
A Record-Breaking Kidney Story
Meeting Denise And Setting The Stage
Life Beyond Hospitals And Activism
Honoring A Trailblazing Wife
Passing The Longevity Torch
Childhood Loss And Diagnosis
A Mother’s Fight For Transplant
Intersex Identity And Acceptance
Portrait Of A Donor Dad
Inventive Thank-You Traditions
Why The Kidney Lasted So Long
Health Now And Aging Gracefully
The Case For Altruistic Donation
Closing Thoughts And Shout-Outs
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Send us Fan Mail Denice received her father’s kidney at age 13, decades before modern transplant protocols were common and pediatric dialysis existed. Fifty-eight years later, she is still thriving and using her story to inspire others to be donors. Denice reflects on a childhood shaped by loss, a diagnosis that changed everything, and a mother who refused to accept no as an answer. She shares the extraordinary circumstances that led to her transplant, paints a vivid portrait of her donor fat...