PAUL STRATTON

 

 

Everyone has a talent, a calling . . . something that just comes naturally. Sometimes you know it, and sometimes it just happens. Finding things seems to come naturally to me.

I’m Paul Stratton, a 54-year-old husband, father, and grandfather. Sometimes I find things that I didn’t know I was looking for until I’ve found them.

When I married my wife, Andrea (Andy), I found my best friend. We have two sets of twins--Jake & Josh, and Jessi & Jereme--who have blessed us with 5 wonderful grandchildren. I love being a grandfather!

I just keep finding more and more things to love about life!

I live in Texarkana, Arkansas and am a full-time custodian at a Kenworth truck dealership. However, I am currently on medical leave due to the state of my health. I find pleasure in my hobbies: enjoyment in working the land when I garden, the awe of nature when I’m sailing, the feeling of accomplishment when I’m boatbuilding, and finding myself lost in a good book when I’m reading. I have even taken my penchant for finding things to another level: My trained Golden Retrievers and I belong to a K-9 search unit and help find people’s lost loved ones.

Now I am on a more deliberate mission to find something: The kidney disease I was born with has caught up with me, and I need a living kidney donor. Because my kidneys can no longer function on their own, I’ve spent the past three years on dialysis and 2½ years on the deceased-donor waiting list.

I have Type O blood, but because my transplant center, Dallas Transplant Institute, participates in paired donation, a person of any blood type can be a donor.

Will you help me find--or even be--my donor so that I can get back to finding new things to love in life? 

If you'd like to learn more about me or how to help, do any of the following:

 

• Go to my Facebook page,  A Kidney for Paul Stratton.   
• Speak with my transplant coordinator, Rosanna Vargaz, toll-free at 877-654-3690 or locally at 214-358-2300. My identification number is 336122.
• If you would like to read or complete a donor application, you can find one online here. 

 

Thank you for reading my story and considering my situation. With your help, I look forward to living a long, healthy life!

                                                            Sincerely,
                                                            Paul Stratton

 

P.S. - Although I live in Arkansas, I will have to remain in Dallas for 8-12 weeks following my transplant surgery. So that I can continue to pay my insurance premiums and eat healthful meals while in Dallas, I am raising funds on GoFundMe.com. If you cannot donate a kidney but would like to help by contributing to the fund, I'd be ever so grateful. Any amount at all will make things a little easier. Thanks so very much!

 

Amber and Max's litter. Amber is an active search dog; Max is retired.

 

 

Hey suzanne , I need my page updated , could you please change my age to 54 , im on medical leave so I can focuse on my health, and ive been on dialysis for 3 years going on four, and that im doing dialysis at home instead of in clinic, thanks ,, paul