LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — From Daviess to Fayette, Stu Silberman’s career in Kentucky education spans counties and decades, but it’s in his retirement that he’s facing his biggest challenge yet.“This particular kidney disease is pretty rare,” said Silberman, explaining the complexities of his years-long battle with kidney disease.After working in education for more than four decades, it’s the disease that ultimately led him to retirement.“It’s just a very rare disease that stops the filtering of your blood, and I’m getting to that point right now where my kidney function is down between 13% and 15%, and at 15% it’s considered kidney failure.”While treatment options include both dialysis or a kidney transplant, research shows that patients with a kidney transplant have better outcomes than those on dialysis.Due to the complexities of Silberman’s disease, a living donor kidney is critical, as opposed to a deceased donor kidney.The reality of his treatment options led him to Facebook where he’s hoping to find a donor through a Facebook page, “Kidney for Stu.”“That’s the reason I ended up going and making the ask on Facebook, which was really hard to do, and I didn’t want to do that, but you get to a point
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'Kidney for Stu': Longtime Kentucky educator creates Facebook campaign to find donor
