“…One day soon, multiple surgeons, donors and recipients will converge in Gainesville, and like a fine-tuned performance, an intricate ballet of donors and recipients, following multiple operations, lives will be changed. I am honored to be able to donate my kidney to help a stranger in need, to ultimately pay it forward just like the selfless donor family did for Brecon.”
UPDATE: You may recall the blog post I wrote a few months ago about a woman whose stepson had just gratefully received a long-awaited kidney from a deceased donor this winter in Florida. It indeed changed Brecon’s life, and now his stepmother’s kidney has just changed another young man’s. Stormi Murtie successfully donated her kidney to Justin in a paired donation earlier this month. (Justin’s wife also donated that day to get him into the paired exchange.) Like Brecon, Justin’s search for a kidney was all the more challenging because he reportedly had a 1% chance of finding his match. To everyone’s relief, Stormi was that 1%.
Congratulations, everyone!
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