The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

There are more than 100,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney transplant; a year ago, Dave Gibson found himself on that list ... waiting, hoping and searching for a kidney donor due to stage 4 kidney disease. According to the National Kidney Foundation, one in three Americans are at-risk for kidney disease and for Dave, that reality struck 14 years ago.

Over a decade ago, Dave went in for an annual routine exam as required for his commercial driver's license. At that appointment, his doctor took a urine sample and results showed not only high levels of protein, but also blood. Af...