Timmy Cargile Needs Funds for Transplant

Have you ever had to face a life threatening illness? Have you become overwhelmed by the restrictive cost to cure your illness? Have you ever had to rely on family and friends to make a life-saving difference on your behalf?

Monticello native Norman Phillip “Timmy” Cargile of Monticello is facing all of these conditions at once; he needs a kidney transplant. He needs help from anyone in this community who is able to help.

The costs associated with organ transplants are extremely high, and his insurance only pays for a small portion of surgeries, medications, clinic visits, and many other associated expenses.

Many insurance companies do not pay all the costs associated with transplant. For instance, Medicare only pays for 80 percent of immunosuppressant medication expenses, leaving the remaining 20 percent unpaid. In turn, if the medications needed after the transplant cost approximately $1,800, that leaves Mr. Cargile paying about $360 a month out of pocket per month for the remainder of his life.

Mr. Cargile is already a potential transplant candidate at the Georgia Health Sciences Transplant Program. He is currently trying to save $13,750 before he can proceed with kidney transplant workup. This money is used to help pay for the needed immunosuppressant medication and any other medical expenses for the first six months following the transplant.

This is a huge financial burden for the healthiest individuals to incur.

Fund raisers will bring him a step closer to his goals and he needs a lot of support for a longer, healthier life.

In addition to those donations, the Georgia Transplant Foundation, a charitable organization, will match donations dollar per dollar up to $10,000.

However, he will not be considered until he has the minimum funds needed. Until he gets a transplant, he will have to continue to have dialysis three days a week as he has been doing for nearly a year.

Donations can be made to Norman Cargile Transplant Fund at the Bank of Monticello or sent directly to Mr. Cargile at 9005 Ga Highway 11 S. Monticello, Ga. 31064.

Mr. Cargile and his wife, the former Caren Hilley, are lifelong residents of Monticello. He is the son of Nell and the late Bill Cargile of Monticello.

Contact Ada Brownson with Ga. Health Services for more information, 706-721-3621, or 1800-736-2273.