“I got, like, bitten by the blood donation bug. I love it.” hilarious. Hang on, not yet, as Jessie Eisenberg left the audience flabbergasted by claiming that he’s donating his kidney to a stranger. And, a total one at that. The Oscar-nominated actor discussed the unselfish decision while touting his latest film, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”, on Thursday’s “Today” show.
Eisenberg proceeded by talking about a blood drive he took part in during the summer, which was arranged by an NBC programme. “I just have so much blood in me, and I feel like I should spill it,” he jested. “I really like doing it, and I don’t know why.” “I’m actually donating my kidney in six weeks,” Eisenberg announced. “I really am.”
He revealed that he is slated to give his kidney in a little over two months.
“I got, like, bitten by the blood donation bug. I love it,” he said. “I’m doing an altruistic donation in mid-December.” An altruistic gift, also known as a non-directed live donation, occurs when a person donates an organ to a stranger, according to Weill Cornell Medicine. Medical compatibility always determines who receives the organ.
“It’s essentially risk-free and so needed,” Eisenberg told TODAY.com independently. “I think people will realise that it’s a no-brainer if you have the time and the inclination.” There is no need to be concerned; most kidney donors can return to normal activities within 2 to 4 weeks, according to the Mayo Clinic. Each year, around 5,000 living kidney donations are conducted in the United States of America.
He added that if his family ever needed a living kidney donation through the National Kidney Foundation’s family voucher programme, they would be given priority. “The way it works now is you can put a list of whoever you would like to be the first to be at the top of the list. So it’s risk-free for my family, as well.”
