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CORYDON, Ind. — Throughout halftime of a basketball sport in February 2020, Corydon Excessive Faculty Basketball Coach Chase Greatest was shocked with the information that he would obtain a brand new kidney.
His situation had worsened in January, and after spending years on the donor listing, he discovered his outdated basketball coach was a match.
Because the date of his surgical procedure approached, the specter of COVID-19 grew globally. Three weeks earlier than his scheduled transplant, the surgical procedure was placed on maintain. He had no concept when he would get the possibility to obtain his new kidney.
On April 8, he and his spouse Heather woke as much as an early name from a nurse telling them there was a kidney accessible for Chase. The following day, he was in a position to get his new kidney.
“He has his coloration again. I really feel like there was life in his eyes. After all, I obtained off the cellphone and wept like a child. He simply seemed so good and sounded good. I do know he is in a variety of ache, like surgical procedure ache. However he even stated, ‘I really feel totally different. I do know I am in ache, however I really feel so good,’” Heather instructed WHAS.
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