Burlington County Girl Suffering Kidney Disease Looking for Transplant

A 19-year-old Burlington County girl will continue to undergo daily dialysis following a kidney failure while she awaits compatible donor for a kidney transplant, the Burlington County Times reports.

Jamie Westphal, whose health problems began when she was 17, needs a donor with O-positive blood, according to the report.

Neither of her parents or her brother are matches. Her aunt who lives in California was nearly a match, but doctors determined the night before the surgery that they weren’t as close of a match as previously thought.

She wants to be a nurse and was enrolled at Stockton University, but had to come home so she could undergo her dialysis treatment, according to nj.com. The University has a spot reserved for her.

Her mother started a Facebook page, Finding Jamie a Kidney, that includes photos and updates of her condition.

The Living Kidney Donor Transplant Program at the University of Pennsylvania is assisting Westphal.

Click here for the online form that allows potential donors to specify Jamie Westphal as their desired kidney recipient.

The attached image was posted on the Finding Jamie a Kidney Facebook page