OCALA, Fla. – A Florida family has is begging on street corners for a very unusual donation -- a kidney.
Jill Brannen and her two young daughters held signs on an Ocala street corner Saturday looking for a kidney for 19-year-old Nico Rivera. Rivera is on dialysis and has a rare disorder and both of his kidneys are 90 percent scar tissue.
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Brannen and her kids held up the orange signs as cars drove by Saturday, hoping to find luck with a Type O or A donor. Several family friends also joined them on the street corner.
The Ocala Star-Banner reports the family received a half dozen calls for donor information packets.
Brannen and her two daughters said they'll be back at it again next weekend. The family is using the hashtag #Nico on social media to further spread the word. They urged potential donors to call 352-207-3885 or 704-213-5190 or visit http://x.co/aokidney