Ryan Morley

In 2019, at the age of 25, and only a few months after marrying his high school sweetheart, Ryan started having debilitating headaches and severe nose bleeds. He was admitted to the ER with a BP of 220/120. There they could not regulate his blood pressure so they ran a series of tests including a biopsy where it was discovered he had IgAN (IgA Nephropathy) & was in stage 4 kidney failure. Within 6 months he was on peritoneal dialysis. After 5 long years on the transplant list, waiting for his miracle, We got the call 11/19/24 that a deceased donor kidney was available for him. We were so excited, called our families, packed our bags & drove to U of M where he received his new kidney. Ryan woke up from surgery &  had a difficult time, he was vomiting for 3 days & was in lots of pain. We were eventually sent home with a non-functioning kidney also known as DGF (delayed graft function) in hopes that it would eventually wake up & work. From there things just got worse. He was admitted to the hospital on November 27th where an emergency port was put in his chest for hemodialysis. From there, dialysis was administered for only 30 minutes before he was yanked off due to his potassium almost being completely depleted, which could have killed him. We spent Thanksgiving in the hospital and weren’t discharged until December 2nd (with much hesitation from his team). He is now nearly 11 months out from surgery and the kidney never ended up working and he is being re-listed, again. The complications from still being in renal failure and now being on immunosuppressants have left him with a world of complications as well as being admitted to the hospital at least once each month if not more. He desperately needs a kidney now more than ever. Ryan longs to have a fully working kidney that will provide him with a long, healthy life. He is only 32 & we were just about to start our fertility journey as we have struggled to get pregnant for many years. Ryan would be a phenomenal dad. He has his whole life ahead of him and desperately wants to be here for many more years to come.