DOTHAN, Ala. --
Nikki Smith needed a kidney transplant.
Her father couldn’t donate because he was born with one kidney. Her brother had battled colon cancer and could not donate. That left her mother, Judy McDaniel, who was more than willing but not a match.
But a paired donor program connected the mother and daughter with others who were in need of kidney transplants and in the same situation – a willing living donor who wasn’t a match to the intended recipient. McDaniel would donate her kidney to a complete stranger that she was a match with, and in turn someone would donate to her daughter.
“It’s just something a mother would do,” McDaniel said. “I didn’t give it a lot of thought. It was just something I knew we had to do or we’d be waiting years.”
Such paired donations involving multiple donors and recipients is a trend that may only increase as the number of deceased kidney donors drops and the number of transplant patients continues to climb.
Read more: http://www2.dothaneagle.com/lifestyles/2012/apr/29/paired-donor-programs-offer-options-kidney-transpl-ar-3688825/
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