More than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list, and one of them is a woman who lives on the Seacoast.When Jessica Kahigian was 15, she was a three-star athlete. She had no problem keeping up with the other kids, which was a shock to her doctors based on the results of a routine blood test.More tests sent her to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where she found out she was in kidney failure. She was placed on the transplant list hoping for a kidney.Family and loved ones tried to donate, but none were a match. Only 2% of people are.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<In July 2011, the family got the call they were desperately waiting for. A match had been found."I would have had it for probably the rest of my life," Kahigian said. "I was doing that well."But that was before the pandemic hit and Kahigian came down with COVID-19 twice. The virus destroyed her kidney.Her family and loved ones have created a campaign across the Seacoast known as "Kidney 4 Jess.""I am in need of a transplant right now," Kahigian said. "I'm on dialysis, and that's kind of working for me. I'm at stage 5, so anyone in that 2% that can match with me would be incredible."The campaign is trying to raise awareness of the importance of organ donations while finding a life-saving donation among the 2% who would be a match for Kahigian.

More than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list, and one of them is a woman who lives on the Seacoast.

When Jessica Kahigian was 15, she was a three-star athlete. She had no problem keeping up with the other kids, which was a shock to her doctors based on the results of a routine blood test.

More tests sent her to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where she found out she was in kidney failure. She was placed on the transplant list hoping for a kidney.

Family and loved ones tried to donate, but none were a match. Only 2% of people are.

>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<

In July 2011, the family got the call they were desperately waiting for. A match had been found.

"I would have had it for probably the rest of my life," Kahigian said. "I was doing that well."

But that was before the pandemic hit and Kahigian came down with COVID-19 twice. The virus destroyed her kidney.

Her family and loved ones have created a campaign across the Seacoast known as "Kidney 4 Jess."

"I am in need of a transplant right now," Kahigian said. "I'm on dialysis, and that's kind of working for me. I'm at stage 5, so anyone in that 2% that can match with me would be incredible."

The campaign is trying to raise awareness of the importance of organ donations while finding a life-saving donation among the 2% who would be a match for Kahigian.