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Nice Footpaws @ionotter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

One of the furry community's originals, Roz Gibson, is in really big trouble. She is in kidney failure, and needs a donor, so please reskeet. www.furaffinity.net/journal/1138...

I’ve thought long and hard about making this post, but really, at this point, I don’t have much to lose. Desperate times, and all that.

TLDR version: I need a kidney transplant, and I’m looking for a donor. Read below for all the gory details.

Since late 2019, right before Covid hit, I’ve been battling a serious illness. I’ve been kind of cagey about what exactly is wrong, for a number of reasons, but here’s the truth—I’m in full kidney failure.

There is no history of this in my family, so when the symptoms began appearing I didn’t recognize them until it was too late. By the time I went to a doctor my kidney function had dropped into the single digits. Most kidney failure is caused by diabetes or high blood pressure—I got some weird kidney disease I can’t even pronounce and never heard of: Oxalate Nephropathy.

By adopting some dietary changes and careful monitoring, I was able to limp along with reduced kidney function for several years. But you don’t appreciate how much your kidneys do to keep you healthy until they stop working. There’s constant fatigue and nausea, and a general feeling of unwellness that never goes away.

But eventually I lost even what minimal function I had left, which left the end of the line for kidney disease: dialysis. As of this point I’ve been on dialysis for about 3 years. Let me tell you—dialysis is its own special kind of hell that you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy.

But even that is just a stop-gap measure, and my condition is continuing to get worse. Despite this, I’m trying my best to live as normal a life as possible. I’m extremely lucky I have a job that’s willing to allow me 9 hours a week for dialysis, so I’m still working. On weekends I work on my art and comics, and one or two days a month I do my volunteer work at the bird-banding site. I can even travel to see my family—if I arrange for dialysis at a local clinic ahead of time.

All of that is done while trying to deal with the symptoms of kidney failure. I’ve known 4 people who were on dialysis—none of them worked or really did much of anything, and at this point they’re all dead, which doesn’t really give me a lot of hope for my future.

Which brings us to the point of all this—I desperately need a kidney transplant. That is the only thing that will give me a chance at a relatively normal life. I’ve been approved and on the transplant list for a few years, but the waiting period in California is very long. By the time I get to the top of it, I may be too sick to get one. Right now I’m still in relatively good condition, comparatively. A transplant from a living donor lasts much longer and is better in every way than one you get from a deceased donor.

Unfortunately, everyone in my immediate family is too old or has other health problems that preclude donation. So this post is a desperate attempt to find anyone willing to donate. I realize donating a kidney is a lot different than giving ten bucks to a GoFundMe, but as I said at the beginning, at this point I don’t have much to lose by asking.

Here is the living donor site: https://www.uclahealth.org/medical-.....t/living-donor

You can inquire and even arrange to donate completely anonymously if that’s what you want. Hopefully there’s a Jack Salem fan out there who wants to see the stories (and the artist) continue for years to come.

That is all.

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🍉Chess🍉 @welldressedbird.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Boosting for visibility.

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SagiMewtwo @sagimewtwo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’m not sure if I’ll be a match and not sure if being from Canada might make it harder to do it, but I ended up filling out the form anyway cause if I can be a match and I can help, then why not.

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camron @camronholman14.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

sorry… i can only hope for the best

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Yuri @otakujackal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Looked into it and got disqualified due to having ulcerative colitis. Hope someone comes along. 🙏

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🏳️‍⚧️ Aamu Renfew @aamu-renfew.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Reposting since it's what I can do. Unfortunately I too am excluded for medical reasons.

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Photter S Pumpkins @photographotter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I can't help directly for obvious reasons but if anyone has any questions about the donation process, surgery, recovery or anything else please feel free to reach out to me My discord and TG usernames are the same as on here

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Bree the Paleontologist @paleobree.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

where do i get tested

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Typhon @typhon042.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Holy crap, Roz made some of my fav comics back in the day. So this hits me hard.

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Dice @yaffyeen.neocities.org · 05/07/2026

living donor site link for convenience

uclahealth.org

Living Donor Kidney Transplant

UCLA Health is one of the leading programs on the West Coast offering living donor kidney transplantation for adult and pediatric kidney transplant patients.

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