"Harley hit the jackpot two years ago when 14-year-old Thaddeus Giansanti skipped school to adopt him, making the rescue pup the newest member of the family. "He was just very playful... he was very sweet. So yeah," Giansanti said. Our sister station, WABC-TV, sat down with Giansanti and his parents, Carlo and Christ, as they spoke about their son. "He volunteers at school. He volunteers at church. He even volunteered at the food bank this summer," said Thaddeus' mother Christa Giansanti."
""There's a lot of things going with pills -- they're affecting my energy levels, kind of making me go for blood work more often, doctors more often," Thaddeus Giansanti said. "Honestly, getting a new kidney would move that all out of the way, and I could kind of just be more regular in a way. Go back into my regular cycle and not be as tired." His best-case scenario for his best life possible is a living donor."
Fourteen-year-old Thaddeus Giansanti of Morris County, New Jersey, urgently needs a kidney transplant because his only remaining kidney is failing. No family members are compatible matches, and doctors indicate a transplant is required as soon as possible. Thaddeus experiences fatigue and frequent blood work due to medications, and a living donor would allow him to stop those treatments and return to a regular life. Thaddeus volunteers at school, church, and a food bank, and the family is sharing a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia QR link to identify potential matches. Recent blood work confirms the immediate need for transplantation.
Read at 6abc Philadelphia
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