12/05/2025
Like many high school seniors, Deven Wilson loves sports, had a blast at homecoming and enjoys his part-time job. Unlike most 18-year-olds, he’s spent the last few years of his life seriously sick.
He and his family are intensely seeking a kidney from a living donor.
Just before Thanksgiving 2023, doctors initially couldn’t say why he went from playing an all-day varsity volleyball tournament for Shaler Area High School to coughing up blood and being admitted to the hospital, where he was later diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease.
After multiple frightening medical episodes — seizures, a blood clot in his heart, collapsed lungs — and more hospital stays, Deven was finally listed for a transplant in June. And now, he and his family are intensely seeking a kidney from a living donor.
🔗: https://www.post-gazette.com/life/goodness/2025/12/04/shaler-area-high-school-deven-wilson-living-kidney-donor-transplant/stories/202511240092
