Stranger aims to help Edmontonian find urgently needed kidney donor Phinney has been on home dialysis for more than year. It runs nine hours per day.
She said she does it at night and sleeps through the majority of it, but it does wake her up if she inadvertently rolls over on the tubing.Phinney’s mother, Patti, went through a lengthy testing process to become a potential donor for her daughter, but was rejected.“All in all it was quite a disappointment, thinking you’re going to give her this gift and it’s not going to happen,” Patti Phinney said.“And then, you know, what’s the next phase?”Just over a year ago, Kara posted a plea on Facebook asking for someone to donate a kidney to her.