Soledad Guerrero, 36, is seeking a living kidney donor nine months after childbirth left her in kidney failure and dependent on nightly in-home peritoneal dialysis for at least eight hours.
A planned induction last October spiraled into blood-clotting problems, an emergency C-section, and liver and kidney failure; her liver recovered, but doctors later diagnosed pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, or p-aHUS.
The condition is extremely rare—estimated at about 1 in 25,000 pregnancies—and can be hard to diagnose because it mimics other causes of low platelets and anemia in pregnancy.
Guerrero said doctors ruled out a genetic cause and told her a living donor offers the fastest, longest-lasting transplant option, though she will likely need a second kidney transplant later.
Her July public appeal aims both to find a donor and to urge prenatal and postpartum care, while highlighting that sudden organ failure can strike even after an otherwise healthy pregnancy.