HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – 

A Bay area mother is pleading to the public.

She needs a new kidney, again.

Now, Devon Carver’s story is getting out to people across the Tampa area, thanks to multiple billboards along area roadways.
They read: “Local Mother Needs Living Kidney Donor.”

“I hope it saves my life,” Carver said.

A neighbor helped launch the billboard, which CBS Outdoor is running as a public service announcement.
It shows Devon and her 12-year-old son.
Carver was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was two.

She had been warned about some of the complications that can go along with the disease, but vowed they would never happen to her.

Now, at age 34, it is happening. Devon is on dialysis eleven hours a day and has already had one failed kidney transplant.

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How to help:

Good Morning,

First of all let me say thank for you responding to us with your willingness to help. That of all means the most. This is a huge step in the right direction, and a huge step in your life if you choose to go that route. My wife or I would never ask someone to do this, this has to be a choice of yours on your own free will. I cannot do anything or say anything to make you want to do this. I urge you to read up on the subject as much as you can. There is a TON of information on the internet about this subject.

Here are the steps you would have to take to begin the process of getting accepted for live donation.

Please call TGMG – Transplant Services @ 800-844-9302. Choose option [1], listen to the prompts and then choose option [1] again...