New kidney needed for Jonah Lomu

[Blade]

It's always sad when a one time great sporting champion is struck with a life changing incident as Jonah Lomu was a few years back now, and sadly, it seems to be haunting him in recent times.

I wish the great Kiwi star a speedy recovery and hope his dream of playing RU again one day is fullfilled. Soon.

Jonah Lomu faces life in a wheelchair if he does not get a kidney transplant, the former All Black said yesterday.

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[playdaball]

Thi is sad as i believe that Jonah wsa the greatest attacking rugby player of all time (both codes). On his day he was unstoppable.

 

[Auckland4ever]

It was bad enough losing Joeli Vidiri to the same disease, Lomu was to a large degree the face of rugby. In the UK this is apparently a huge story & one English journalist said on the radio today that Lomu attracts more interest than the English rugby side combined, Wilkinson included.

Its really sad, & sport aside, I wish Jonah well. Theres no reason he cant live a normal, happy life after he's had the surgery.

From what I understand, the chances of him playing again are extremely slim, basically because the new kidney is placed in an area that leaves it much more prone to damage from physical contact. Plus there is a shortage of organ donors, so it could take years before he could have the operation.

 

[AuckMel]

I hope he gets well soon. A player who at his peak, had no peer.

 

[incredible_holc]

very very sad.
Code difference aside there will be no other athlete like lomu, the bloke was a freak

 

[~doggie~diva~]

poor guy!
are there ppl lining up to donate or is he having trouble finding one?

 

[ThrashViking]

No,He should have to wait like everybody else regardless of wether he's a big sports star or not
It's life im afraid

 

[JVinAZ]

If people are lining up, and I hope they are, I can only hope that they will donate to any matching person needing a transplant, not just Jonah.

Here's hoping and praying that Jonah and all in his situation get the help thay need.

 

[ripper]

A couple of family members have offered, but the doctors said they were the wrong sort or something

 

[kiwi knights fan]

No,He should have to wait like everybody else regardless of wether he's a big sports star or not
It's life im afraid

I agree with you
he should have to wait there are people that need it before him he can still run around and that some people on that list can hadly walk.

 

[ripper]

Cant you read... he cant even walk :lol:

 

[ozbash]

my heart goes out to jonah,,
he said on tele that addidas had signed him as the international rugby ambasador.

whats the bet addidas finds a donor ?

 

[ripper]

Even if hes 40%, he can still destroy England, look at the End of year tour 2002