TULSA, Okla. — At just eight years old, Seven Speights needs a kidney, but she is not on the waitlist yet.
There is an evaluation process, which was put on hold because of COVID-19. Otherwise, Speights' mother, Natalie Logan, believes her daughter would be on the list by now. They predict that will not happen until September or October.
Speights' organ-needing journey started in March, when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full force. Speights experienced total renal failure and had to be life-flighted to the Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City. Speights was diagnosed with lupus and vasculitis.
LifeShare of Oklahoma reports that more than 600 Oklahomans are waiting on a transplant. Across the country, that number goes up to more than 110,000. About 80% of them need a kidney, which has an average waiting time of three to five years.
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