Hello everyone, for those of you who don't know me, my name is Chuck Roman. I’ve been on the boards for a few years and have made and met some very great people here! One of those being Paul Litch. I know a lot of you might know of Paul as he’s been with CGC for 20 years, grading all of our wonderful comics!!! What you might not know is that Paul has long dealt with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, a rare form of a kidney disease. This is a disease that attacks the kidney’s filtering units (glomeruli) causing serious scarring which leads to permanent kidney damage and even failure.
Paul's condition took a turn for the worse a few months ago and had progressed to the point of dialysis becoming necessary. Paul had undergone a surgery to implant a catheter device to receive daily dialysis, which hasn’t been the easiest on him. He’s had up and down days since the surgery while he has patiently searched for a kidney donor.
Paul received some great news the other day that a donor has been found!!! The person wishes to remain anonymous is doing a paired donation - which means that the person will give up a kidney for someone else who has a kidney that matches Paul’s more closely. Light at the end of the tunnel for this ordeal.
We have been rising funds on GoFundMe to help Paul and his family with medical expenses as we know medical insurance doesn’t cover everything. With the kidney transplant on the horizon more bills are coming. Below is the link to donate. Please help if you can.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/paul-litch-kidney-transplant