It wasn't your traditional avenue for advertising for a kidney transplant, but it led to Bryson Dickman receiving a brand new kidney.
The poster the Dickman family plastered around their hometown of Acworth asking the community for help said, "Save a life. Be an organ donor."
Those words moved Carters native Tina Jennings to make a decision.
"I just saved his kidney for him, you only need one," said Jennings. "I felt like this is his kidney and it is exactly where it needs to be and I am happy about that."
Jennings said she saw the poster in a doctor's office where she went for an allergy shot. If she didn't have allergies Jennings said she might not have seen the poster.
"If I wasn't allergic to cats I wouldn't have been in the allergy clinic and I wouldn't have seen the sign. So, I am grateful for that," Jennings said.
Read more: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/17246558/kidney-transplant-flyer-saves-11-year-olds-life
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