RENTON - "I was at home alone and I said, out loud in a prayer, Lord I'd give a kidney away."
Little did Laurie Sobocinski know that moment two years ago would change her life.
She was inspired by the story of a starbucks barista who donated a kidney to a customer, and it didn't take long for her to make a similar mark.
The next day after she prayed, she says a friend approached her at work and said her son-in-law needed a kidney.
Sobocinski knew it wasn't a coincidence "I almost laughed and said are you kidding me?"
Then, without hesitation, she volunteered to help Ryan Campbell, a man she had never met, even with so much on her plate as a nurse, a pastor's wife, and a mother of five.
"It was great, you can't get better news than that, she's saving my life" Campbell explained. "I just hope my body is as grateful, as I am and doesn't reject it, 'cause that would kill me" he explained.
Campbell was an airline pilot until, at just 34-years-old, he had to put his life on hold because of kidney problems.
He got the bad news about a year ago.
"He just said you're not safe to fly," said Campbell, "you have to go on dialysis."
Campbell had other people willing to donate but they were not able to.
Now this Wednesday, the surgery will happen at the University of Washington.
As a token of their support, Sobocinski's friends nominated her for a day of beauty in February, and she got her hair, makeup, and nails worked on as part of a donation by the Christy Carner Salon in Fremont.
Just as she was inspired by another story of sacrifice, Sobocinski and Campbell hope their story will trigger another donor to step forward and give the ultimate gift, even if it means saving the life of stranger.
Little did Laurie Sobocinski know that moment two years ago would change her life.
She was inspired by the story of a starbucks barista who donated a kidney to a customer, and it didn't take long for her to make a similar mark.
The next day after she prayed, she says a friend approached her at work and said her son-in-law needed a kidney.
Sobocinski knew it wasn't a coincidence "I almost laughed and said are you kidding me?"
Then, without hesitation, she volunteered to help Ryan Campbell, a man she had never met, even with so much on her plate as a nurse, a pastor's wife, and a mother of five.
"It was great, you can't get better news than that, she's saving my life" Campbell explained. "I just hope my body is as grateful, as I am and doesn't reject it, 'cause that would kill me" he explained.
Campbell was an airline pilot until, at just 34-years-old, he had to put his life on hold because of kidney problems.
He got the bad news about a year ago.
"He just said you're not safe to fly," said Campbell, "you have to go on dialysis."
Campbell had other people willing to donate but they were not able to.
Now this Wednesday, the surgery will happen at the University of Washington.
As a token of their support, Sobocinski's friends nominated her for a day of beauty in February, and she got her hair, makeup, and nails worked on as part of a donation by the Christy Carner Salon in Fremont.
Just as she was inspired by another story of sacrifice, Sobocinski and Campbell hope their story will trigger another donor to step forward and give the ultimate gift, even if it means saving the life of stranger.
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