SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — For his 24th birthday on Sunday, Lukas Kirby wished for the ultimate gift: a kidney. “Instead of thinking about the future ... I’m thinking, ‘Will I have a future?

If we time things right, we can do the transplant and avoid dialysis altogether." Dr. Prieto and Mayo Clinic are early adopters of living kidney donation, paired donation and donor chains.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily ... t get a transplant within a year, Kirby said he’ll have to start dialysis since he’s now in Stage 4, which puts him at high risk of having kidney failure ...