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SOUTH LYON, Mich. – A South Lyon man needs a kidney and is using t-shirts to bring awareness to find a donor.
Lon Roarty said 4 years ago; his life changed after going to the doctor for a routine health screening.
“It was terrifying one minute you were going around having fun, now all of a sudden they give you lists of what you can have and can’t have, ” says Roarty.
Roarty says he went from working at General Motors as a shipping and receiving supervisor to dialysis 9 hours a day from home.
He says several people have come forward to donate a kidney, but none have been a match.
Family and friends are doing what they can to raise awareness by wearing t-shirts with Roarty’s information to find a donor.
“This is a major thing in your life, and if you can’t get nobody to help you, there’s only one alternative you can’t be on a machine forever,” says Roarty.