By writer to www.heraldpalladium.com
HARTFORD — 5 years in the past on Could 1, simply in time for Mom’s Day that 12 months, Kevin Klug, a civil engineer from Waterford Township, gave his mother the dear reward of life – and an precise a part of himself.
He donated a kidney to his mother, Margo Klug, 67, of Hartford and the 2 now rejoice their “kidney-versary” in Could yearly.
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