Angel Goss, a 38-year-old lupus patient in Ohio, learned she would receive a new kidney the week of Oct. 8-12. However, the plane transporting the organ donation from the Carolinas was grounded when Hurricane Michael hit, according to Fox19 Now.
By the time Hurricane Michael passed, the kidney meant for Ms. Goss was no longer viable. Ms. Goss has been on the transplant waiting list at Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital since 2011.
"I was upset. I was mad at the world, but I know it's not anyone's fault," Ms. Goss told Fox19 Now.
Ms. Goss is back on the transplant waiting list and still receiving dialysis three times a week. Physicians told her that she is only a match to 2 percent of people in the United States.
"Because of all the blood transfusions, it changed the antibodies in my body," Ms. Goss told Fox19.
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