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Kidney donors and the recipients meet for the primary time
Six Arizona individuals have been a part of a life-saving chain response, donating and receiving kidneys. That is all a part of the Paired Kidney Alternate Program.
PHOENIX – This the Paired Kidney Alternate Program.
It is a chain response, one particular person donates a kidney and from there it has a domino impact. Docs on the Banner College Medication Transplant Institute in Phoenix say this methodology is a quicker manner to assist extra individuals in want.
Six individuals met Wednesday for the primary time, who’re endlessly related. It began with Robert Garcia when he determined to donate a kidney to provide to an entire stranger.
“It is superb to assume only one determination can have an effect on so many lives,” he stated. That stranger is Brian Boucher.
His nephew, Shawn Boucher, tried to donate to his uncle however wasn’t a match, so his kidney went to Daniel Whiterell. His father David Whiterell additionally tried to donate to his son, however he too wasn’t a match for him, so his kidney went to Pamela Kostakos.
“I can not be grateful sufficient,” Kostakos stated. “What they did is simply improbable.”
Earlier than Whiterell’s transplant, he was on dialysis for almost 2 years for 9 hours an evening.
Now, he is grateful to be residing a standard life all due to his donor, and his father can also be grateful to be concerned on this life-saving chain response.
All 6 of those individuals had their surgical procedure on the identical day, Oct. 23 of final yr. They’re doing properly and feeling nice, particularly now after assembly one another.
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