MY GRANDPA NEEDS A KIDNEY

Hi, I'm Elliott Brown. I was born in February 2018 to my amazing, patient parents Laura and Tim. I have a loving family, with many wonderful aunts, uncles, grandpas, and grandmas.
And I need your help.
My Grandpa Brown has END-Stage Renal Disease and is in stage-5. I want him with me as I grow up! He needs a kidney donation from a hero like you.
My dad created this website to tell you some of Grandpa Brown's story, help you learn about living kidney donations, and more.
Thank you so much for visiting. Please share!

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MY GRANDPA'S STORY

Iron Man

I am Elliott's father, Tim.
My father’s name is Glenn Brown. He is 59 years old. He’s a husband, a father, and a grandfather. He is also in stage-5 renal failure and in need of a kidney donor.
I am an only child, and my parents divorced when I was seven. But I had the most loving, hard-working father any kid could ask for. During much of my life, my dad worked two jobs, often including the over-night shift to stay afloat and provide me with what I needed. He coached my sports teams during evenings, always with a smile. We went to sports games, memorized every episode of Seinfeld together, we’ve always just loved spending time with each other.
For more than two years, my father has been on dialysis, which is physically and mentally stressful. With the help of his loving wife Allyson, my father goes through the process every night while he sleeps. Despite this, he still delivers mail every day. He’s so hard-working, he earned the nickname “Iron Man” at the post office.
Doctors tell us the cause of his kidney failure is likely genetic. He was never a drinker and hasn’t been a smoker for over a decade. He’s lived a very active lifestyle and has followed a strict diet since beginning dialysis. Brigham & Women’s Hospital has told my father that blood type match is not a significant factor. However, my father is Type-O. Currently, he is listed on transplant lists with both Brigham & Women's and Albany Medical Center, and waiting to be approved at Hartford Hospital.
In 2018, my father became a grandfather with the birth of my daughter, Elliott. Watching him with her makes his health situation more urgent for all of us. This little girl has given him an extra push and motivation to fight through this and hope for a hero to arrive.
My father will never give up, that’s one thing I’m sure of. But he’s in need of a miracle. We all need a miracle. I ask you to please share our story and help us find that one person who can make a life-giving difference for my dad and everyone around him.
Thank you.

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It's Superbowl week...again

tbrown728
Jan 30, 2019
1 min read

Two things come to mind when I think of what my father is passionate about:

Family
Sports

I haven't fallen far from the tree.

It was the Summer of 1993 when my Dad finally decided to bring me to my first Patriots game. He already had season tickets for well over a decade. It was a preseason game against the Joe Montana-led Kansas City Chiefs. I don't remember a whole lot about that game. Not sure if the Patriots won. Not sure what snack my Dad bought me at the concession stand. But I'm sure at the time, it was one of the most amazing moments of my young life.

25 seasons, 9 Superbowls, 5 Championships, and a whole lotta games with my Dad later, and here we are again. The Patriots playing on Superbowl Sunday.

Tom Brady reminds me of my Dad in a lot of ways. Not necessarily in an athletic way, but more for their toughness. They are both underdogs. Both didn't have the easiest path to success, but both achieved it through working hard and continuing to fight. I admire both men more than anyone.

Though I want to end this with 'Lets go Patriots' or 'Win 1 more!', I won't. Because I would trade every single championship, every single Patriots memory, all of it to help my Dad find a kidney donor.

That's the only goal in 2019.

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