People are using social media to improve their odds of finding organ donors: 'Doing it can save my life'

CHICAGO - When Melanie Perry peers out the seventh-floor window of her Kenwood high-rise, she has a clear view of the helicopter pad at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

"It's as if God is telling me your kidney is in your view," she said. "God is keeping me. He can move mountains."

Perry, 34, has spent most of her life hoping for better days. When she was a girl, she was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease that claimed both kidneys. After her first transplant failed, her 16-year relationship with dialysis began. Every week, she undergoes three appointments, each up to four hours.

The grueling routine has saved her life, but it has also made it harder to get another transplant. After so