
Scott's Fight: A Green Shirt Day Story
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Scott Clay, a Calgary father awaiting a kidney transplant since 2024, finds hope in community support at Green Shirt Day events. His daughter, a perfect match, faces a two-year wait due to transplant rules. The Clays urge everyone to register as donors and share their wishes, as thousands of Canadians wait for transplants.
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Scott Clay, a husband and father from Calgary, has been waiting for a kidney transplant since 2024. His wife Wendy and daughter Nicole are leading the charge to find a match after doctors discovered his stage 4 kidney disease following the serious. Motorcycle crashed back in 2020. His daughter turned out to be a perfect match, but things hit a snag when Scott was diagnosed with cancer. He beat it in his now-cancer free. Yet transplant rules require a full two-year wait before they can proceed, leaving the family in limbo. At GreenShirt Day events, which honor the humble Broncos bus crash victims from 2018 and Logan Belay's lifesaving organ donations, the Clay's, found real community support. Wendy says seeing all those green shirts brought tears. It felt like an extended family fighting the same fight. Kidney Foundation stats painted tough picture. 4,000 Canadians wait for transplants with 72% needing kidneys and too many. Don't make it without one. The Clay's are pushing everyone to register as donors and tell their loved ones their wishes. This year's GreenShirt Day Parade hits the streets April 7th, head to GreenShirt Day, California, or the Kidney Foundation site to join in and.
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