Cory Kanagy of Wellman is 33 years old and has been dealing with health issues his whole life stemming from an autoimmune condition.
After getting through his senior year of high school, in and …
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Cory Kanagy of Wellman is 33 years old and has been dealing with health issues his whole life stemming from an autoimmune condition.
After getting through his senior year of high school, in and out of the hospital, he graduated in 2005.
A year later he received his first transplant in summer of 2006. It actually turned into his second transplant also, as due to complications, several days after being able to come home, he was right back in the hospital and needing a second donation within 48 hours to survive.
Post-transplant is hardly ever without issues, but Kanagy dealt with any issues that arose, always looking forward to continuing with life.
In late 2014, his autoimmune condition caused problems with his donated liver and by winter of that year, he was back in the hospital, badly needing a third transplant. A donation came through, and he was successfully transplanted again.
He was able to recover and come home before New Year’s 2016 to recover and gain strength.
Kanagy was able to get back to work and life, and two years ago fulfilled another dream when he was able to purchase a house and acreage in the country and move to his own place.
Now, he finds himself, fighting for his life again, not having energy and strength to be able to work and as of March 26, being listed on the transplant registry for a fourth time.
At this time, Kanagy needs funds to help him maintain his mortgage payments and living expenses for the next 10-12 months.
His future may hold decisions financially about where he will be able to live and other things, but for the present, it would really take some pressure off of Kanagy and his support team to not have to make and carry out those decisions at this time.
There is a Cory Kanagy Benefit Account at Hills Bank & Trust in Wellman for anyone wishing to donate.