#kidney-transplant

#kidney-transplant

Mangold said he endured a "rough summer" and that he's currently undergoing dialysis. "I always knew this day would come, but I thought I would have had more time," he said. "Unfortunately, I do not have any family able to donate at this time, so this is why I'm reaching out to you, our NY Jets community. I am in need of a kidney donor with type O blood."

Michaela Morley, from Ballyglass, Co Mayo, was only six-years-old when she met O'Driscoll in her Temple Street hospital room in 2011. Hooked up to a kidney dialysis machine, she threw a ball into the Heineken Cup from her hospital bed and O'Driscoll cheered her on. It was a moment that gave a little girl reprieve from the seriousness of her condition and made national headlines.