Kidney Found For Joliet Teen Lizzie Reyes

JOLIET, IL — On Wednesday morning, the family of Joliet teenager Lizzie Reyes announced on Facebook that a kidney donor has been found. The family had been working with Lurie Children's Hospital in hopes of finding a kidney for Lizzie.

"We got a call!! We got the call we have been waiting for!! Headed to Chicago," the family of Lizzie Reyes revealed on social media. "A deceased donor was compatible with Lizzie. Her surgeon feels it’s a perfect fit. All we know is it is a young viable donor, which means while we are celebrating another family is mourning. So we ask for prayers for this family."

Joliet Patch profiled Lizzie in a March article that you can read here.

At that time, Patch reported that Lizzie is on a deceased donor list and that potential donors must be between 18 and 55 years old and have a compatible blood type. Lizzie has O positive blood, so a potential donor would need O positive or O negative blood.