As a mother, Ambler’s Tiffany Williams would do anything for the joy, health and happiness of her 10-year-old son, Jayden – even giving him her kidney.
As a mother, Ambler’s Tiffany Williams would do anything for the joy, health and happiness of her 10-year-old son, Jayden – even giving him her kidney.
When Tiffany discovered she was a match to donate a kidney to her son, she did not think twice about it, according to 6abc. Presently, they are moving through the medical-clearing process, but hope to get Jayden a new kidney by summer.
“When it comes to your child,” she said in the news feature, “there is no price. So, I made the choice to be a donor for my son because he needs it and I’d rather him receive something from me than have to wait for a long time.”
“I don’t care,” she said, “whatever organ, whatever body part, what I need to give him, he’s going to get.”
Tiffany said her son was diagnosed with kidney disease when he was born.
“It was very confusing being a new mom, and then being a new mom with a child that’s sick,” she said in the report. “But you learn as you go.”
Watching the news feature on the Williams family, one would never know Jayden is suffering from a disease in which more than 10,000 people are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, according to The American Kidney Fund.
In the video, Jayden is playfully running at his favorite playground, screaming down the slide, and playing board games with his mom. But the video also shows the rougher side of Jayden’s life: cutting huge pills to help his condition in half, and then gulping them down with cold water — all done with a smile on his face.
“I have these huge pills that look like horse pills,” Jayden said in the report. “You have to chop them up and take them three times a day. You take it like a champ!”
His mom said Jayden’s disease was sustained by medication for the past decade. Now, he has to start dialysis for eight hours a night.
“We’re not asking for a kidney because I know he’s able to receive mine,” Williams said in the report. “But I hope it brings awareness to others who might be thinking about it, or if they know someone who needs an organ, you never know how much of a difference you can make.”
Watch 6abc’s full video report below.
