KATY, Texas - In a video, 57-year-old Tony Costello wishes for a kidney as he blows out the candles on his cake. He knows that could be his last birthday.

"That's what I wish for, to get a kidney, so I can see my kids and grandbabies grow," he said.

Katy father, grandfather praying for kidney donation

Everyone in Tony's family is wishing and praying someone will donate Tony a kidney.

What they're saying:

"I've been on dialysis for two and a half years," said Tony, who describes the three-day a week procedure as miserable.

"If I miss one week, I'd be dead," he said.

At one point, it looked like Tony's wife, Theresa, could donate one of her kidneys. However, she was eliminated as a match following weeks of testing.

"We tried family and friends, nobody is able to do it," she said.

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