2017 Pattie Ray

PATTIE RAY

Kidney Donor

Age 28 ~ Baltimore, MD

Nurse

Honored by OneLegacy at onelegacy.org

Pattie had spent most of her young adult life in and out of hospitals with her only son Zion. She was up for the fight after two long years and sleepless nights doing dialysis at home. Pattie became frustrated with the idea of her son sitting on a kidney waiting list.  She chose to donate her kidney to Zion.  Pattie was a match. There would no longer be a waiting game for her only son. In April 2011, Pattie donated her kidney to her son. Pattie later became ill, but that didn’t stop her from being wheeled to Zion’s room to see him in the best spirits with fire back in his eyes. Pattie has since become a nurse to give families the same care she received through all her hospital stays with Zion.

Pattie’s Story

Pattie Ray was 19 when her son Zion became sick and would later need a kidney transplant. Pattie had spent most of her young adult life in and out of hospitals with her very sick son. What a responsibility at such a young age with your first child and a single parent at the time. But she was up for the fight after two long year and sleepless nights doing dialysis at home. Pattie become frustrated with the idea of her son sitting on a waiting list any longer. So pattie got worked up to donate her kidney to Zion and she was a match. There would no longer be a waiting game for her only son. In April 2011 Pattie, at the age of 23, donated her kidney to her son. After the surgery, Pattie became very sick but that didn’t stop her from being wheeled to Zion’s room on the other side of the hospital where she would find him sitting up smiling and watching cartoons in the best spirits. Pattie likes to think she gave her son life twice he has his fire back in his eyes now. Pattie has since decided to become a nurse to give to families what she got through all of her hospital stays.