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Report Video IssueKidney Transplant Patient Says She's Been on Waitlist for Six Years
2021-05-04T11:24:37-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/23b/20210504112554010_hd.jpgLaQuaya Golding, who has a rare form of kidney cancer, says she has been on a waitlist for a new kidney for six years. She says she is on dialysis three times a week, has suffered heart failure twice, and believes her body can't take much more. "The longer I wait for a kidney, the longer I feel like my life is hanging in the balance...We need these organs now. The longer that we sit and wait is the longer we are closer to death," she says.
LaQuaya Golding, who has a rare form of kidney cancer, says she has been on a waitlist for a new kidney for six years. She says she is on… read more
LaQuaya Golding, who has a rare form of kidney cancer, says she has been on a waitlist for a new kidney for six years. She says she is on dialysis three times a week, has suffered heart failure twice, and believes her body can't take much more. "The longer I wait for a kidney, the longer I feel like my life is hanging in the balance...We need these organs now. The longer that we sit and wait is the longer we are closer to death," she says. close
People in this video
- Cori Bush U.S. Representative [D] Missouri
- Michael Cloud U.S. Representative [R] Texas
- Andrew Clyde U.S. Representative [R] Georgia
- Donna Cryer President and CEO Global Liver Institute
- Mark DeSaulnier U.S. Representative [D] California
- Joseph "Joe" Ferreira President
- LaQuayia Goldring Patient on Kidney Transplant Waitlist
- Tonya Ingram Patient on Kidney Transplant Waitlist
- Hank Johnson Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
- Seth Karp M.D. Director Vanderbilt Medical Center->Transplant Center
- Dara Kass M.D. Mother of Transplant Recipient
- Raja Krishnamoorthi U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
- Carolyn Maloney U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Steve Miller Chief Executive Officer Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
- Katie Porter U.S. Representative [D] California
- Ayanna Pressley U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
- Matt Wadsworth President and CEO Life Connection of Ohio