WEBVTT NOTE language:en-US NOTE Confidence: 0.7690202593803406 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:06.320 I'm John Triolo. NOTE Confidence: 0.6165748238563538 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:07.720 And I'm Myrna Triolo. NOTE Confidence: 0.912632167339325 00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:09.760 And we're from Arvada, Co. NOTE Confidence: 0.9299140572547913 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:15.096 By age 35, John was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease NOTE Confidence: 0.9299140572547913 00:00:15.177 --> 00:00:19.710 and knew his kidneys were failing before he even started NOTE Confidence: 0.9299140572547913 00:00:19.791 --> 00:00:20.519 dialysis. NOTE Confidence: 0.9218872785568237 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.360 John started looking for a kidney donor. NOTE Confidence: 0.9261476993560791 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.067 I saw my dad go through hemodialysis and I saw NOTE Confidence: 0.9261476993560791 00:00:27.130 --> 00:00:30.479 him get a kidney transplant and I saw the difference. NOTE Confidence: 0.906957745552063 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:33.874 And so obviously before I was even seeing the doctor, NOTE Confidence: 0.906957745552063 00:00:33.930 --> 00:00:36.159 I knew I was going to want a transplant. NOTE Confidence: 0.8170289993286133 00:00:36.400 --> 00:00:40.320 I never asked anybody outright I that wasn't me. NOTE Confidence: 0.9492090940475464 00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:44.389 But the people that I knew that I had relationships NOTE Confidence: 0.9492090940475464 00:00:44.461 --> 00:00:47.879 with, I wasn't afraid to talk about what I had. NOTE Confidence: 0.908564567565918 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:50.088 And they were comfortable enough with me were they weren't NOTE Confidence: 0.908564567565918 00:00:50.126 --> 00:00:51.039 afraid to talk about it. NOTE Confidence: 0.8927468657493591 00:00:51.080 --> 00:00:53.908 Either, you know, as a spouse watching the, the, the NOTE Confidence: 0.8927468657493591 00:00:53.962 --> 00:00:56.953 person that you love the most go through something like NOTE Confidence: 0.8927468657493591 00:00:57.008 --> 00:00:57.279 that. NOTE Confidence: 0.9384633898735046 00:00:57.800 --> 00:00:59.680 You have to figure out what you're going to do. NOTE Confidence: 0.6346701979637146 00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:01.980 You know where there's, I thought, well, there's social media, NOTE Confidence: 0.6346701979637146 00:01:02.017 --> 00:01:02.240 right? NOTE Confidence: 0.9179345369338989 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:03.320 I'm going to create a page. NOTE Confidence: 0.9036153554916382 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:07.027 So I created a, a Facebook page, says finding a NOTE Confidence: 0.9036153554916382 00:01:07.105 --> 00:01:08.919 kidney for John Triolo. NOTE Confidence: 0.9526565670967102 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:13.043 So the organic followers we had and the people that NOTE Confidence: 0.9526565670967102 00:01:13.115 --> 00:01:16.687 that came on there and everybody that knew me knew NOTE Confidence: 0.9526565670967102 00:01:16.759 --> 00:01:18.759 that he needed a transplant. NOTE Confidence: 0.8531162738800049 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.914 John and Myrna held a blood branch to help people NOTE Confidence: 0.8531162738800049 00:01:22.981 --> 00:01:24.919 understand kidney transplant. NOTE Confidence: 0.9309420585632324 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:29.104 My daughter and my son made a big poster about NOTE Confidence: 0.9309420585632324 00:01:29.161 --> 00:01:32.698 polycystic kidney disease, what his kidneys look like, kind of NOTE Confidence: 0.9309420585632324 00:01:32.755 --> 00:01:33.439 the process. NOTE Confidence: 0.9633648991584778 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:35.040 So everybody was involved. NOTE Confidence: 0.9726057052612305 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:36.800 We took pictures of the scrubs. NOTE Confidence: 0.9448306560516357 00:01:36.800 --> 00:01:40.280 We had people do blood type, check their blood type. NOTE Confidence: 0.9692010879516602 00:01:40.520 --> 00:01:41.360 It was a lot of fun. NOTE Confidence: 0.9717194437980652 00:01:41.440 --> 00:01:41.560 I. NOTE Confidence: 0.8238804936408997 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:44.749 Would advise someone who is in need of a kidney NOTE Confidence: 0.8238804936408997 00:01:44.817 --> 00:01:48.686 to explore all their options, whether it's writing a sign NOTE Confidence: 0.8238804936408997 00:01:48.753 --> 00:01:52.079 or social media or having a party, having a blood NOTE Confidence: 0.8238804936408997 00:01:52.147 --> 00:01:55.879 brunch and I'm you know, think of another creative way. NOTE Confidence: 0.49450239539146423 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.120 Church bingo Any. NOTE Confidence: 0.875673770904541 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:00.160 Networking group. NOTE Confidence: 0.7170798778533936 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:01.160 Yeah, Bingo. NOTE Confidence: 0.9455474615097046 00:02:01.160 --> 00:02:02.200 I need a kidney. NOTE Confidence: 0.9355111122131348 00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:08.648 Through their creative efforts, John and Myrna found 30 people NOTE Confidence: 0.9355111122131348 00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:11.280 who got tested to be a kidney donor. NOTE Confidence: 0.9610605239868164 00:02:12.040 --> 00:02:15.976 Eventually, John found his donor and now has a working NOTE Confidence: 0.9610605239868164 00:02:16.049 --> 00:02:16.559 kidney. NOTE Confidence: 0.781395673751831 00:02:18.160 --> 00:02:20.000 I still walk in the clouds every day. NOTE Confidence: 0.9363011121749878 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.438 It's been almost a year and a half and I'm NOTE Confidence: 0.9363011121749878 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:25.239 just grateful to God. NOTE Confidence: 0.9408349394798279 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.280 He's as normal as he was before. NOTE Confidence: 0.619278073310852 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:28.880 There's such a thing.