{"id":7600,"date":"2019-06-14T21:20:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T21:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=250718"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:11","slug":"grandma-saves-her-money-to-put-up-a-billboard-for-everyone-to-see-now-its-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/grandma-saves-her-money-to-put-up-a-billboard-for-everyone-to-see-now-its-going-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma Saves Her Money To Put Up A Billboard For Everyone To See. Now It\u2019s Going Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story originally appeared at American Web Media<\/a>.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>When people talk about grandmother Norma Watson, they use words like \u201ckind,\u201d \u201cgodsend,\u201d and \u201cblessing.\u201d So when Norma, 69, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Alport Syndrome, her family rallied to her defense.<\/span>The condition affects her kidney\u2019s ability to filter blood, making it extremely difficult for her body to clear waste and toxins. Norma\u2019s family members were eager to donate a spare kidney, but none of them were a match.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Without any other option, Norma created a billboard advertisement asking if anyone in the community would be willing to donate a kidney to a grandmother in need. This method cost thousands of dollars, but Norma\u2019s family would pay any price to keep their grandmother around a little bit longer.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cYou have two, I only need one\u2026 to live. Type \u201co\u201d a kidney for Norma,\u201d the billboard read. The sign, which was posted along a busy highway, also broadcast Norma\u2019s photo and contact information.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Unfortunately, the billboard\u2019s prominent location failed to generate the expected outpouring of support. People did come forward, but nobody was an exact match. Six months later, the Watson family finally took the billboard down.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u201cWe know the outcome if she doesn\u2019t get a kidney,\u201d Norma\u2019s grieving daughter, Dawna Forward, said. \u201cPeople can only live so long on dialysis.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Now the family is turning towards online media \u2013 that\u2019s you! \u2013 for help. In the meantime, this mother and grandmother depends on her family for strength to keep fighting. \u201cThey keep me going. Keep me fighting,\u201d Norma told Fox. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to have support behind you, or you will give up.\u201d<\/span>Can you help Norma? Find out more in the video below!<\/span>Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story originally appeared at American Web Media.When people talk about grandmother Norma Watson, they use words like \u201ckind,\u201d \u201cgodsend,\u201d and \u201cblessing.\u201d So when Norma, 69, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Alport Syndrome, her family rallied to her defense.The condition affects her kidney\u2019s ability to filter blood, making it extremely difficult for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45775,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions\/45775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}