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Kidney Donor Hero

"I believe people have to try to help somebody else."
Staff members at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick pay tribute to kidney donor Ana Gomez as she is ...
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She Was My Angel - Bob Williams Search for a Living Kidney Donor

She Was My Angel. After posting a message on Facebook in search of a living donor for his kidney transplant.
In 2016, Bob Williams was diagnosed with kidney failure after several years of living with type 2 diabetes. After posting a ...
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The Gift of Life: Young Woman Donates Her Kidney to a Child

“My life is back to normal, but I got to give a little boy the chance to live a full life.”
When Samantha Donnelly was in high school, one of her classmates needed a kidney transplant. “I wanted to donate one of my ...
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Family Ties – Greg's Kidney Transplant Story

Thanks to the generosity of two relatives, a kidney transplant recipient is able to maintain his active lifestyle.
Greg Bayard is passionate about sports. The 58-year-old sales representative from Scotch Plains played basketball in college and ...
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Two Second Chances At Life

"Heart and Kidney Transplant Recipient Gets Two Second Chances At Life"
Jean Smith lives by the phrase “live every day like your last” after going through radiation and chemotherapy for cancer and ...
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Reward Far Greater than Struggle For Living Kidney Donor and Rec

“Preparing for the surgery was made easier by all the information and support we received from the renal transplant coordinators, physicians and social worker. We were educated and kept up- todate every step of the way,” Mr. Orange said.
When Robert Orange opened the door to his local church in Jersey City on a fall evening back in 1998, he came face-to-face with ...
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A Family's Love

"After seeing how tired my husband got while playing football on the front lawn with our son, I wanted to do everything in my power to see them play a full game again."
Marcus, Recipient Trish, Donor Emotionally-Related Kidney Donation Trish truly loves her husband and would do anything for him. ...
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A True Act of Love

“The transplant didn’t change my life, it transformed my life into something phenomenal."
Narciso, Recipient Tulay, Donor Emotionally-Related Kidney Transplant When Narciso’s wife came forward to give him a kidney, he ...
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Transplant Becomes a Reality

“I knew he was on the transplant list, sitting, waiting every day for a kidney to become available, but I just felt like I had to do something more. So, I decided to give him one of my kidneys."
Greg, Recipient Joe, Donor Friend-to Friend Emotionally-Related Kidney Transplant As Maplewood Firefighters, Joe and Greg had ...
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