Air National Guard's Chris Winchell honored with Brave Hearts award for transplant
The first time Dan Wenkman came to dinner, Chris Winchell put his shoe in the freezer.
Not to be mean. That was just their relationship - filled with love and deadpan humor.
Shortly after they both awoke from surgery last fall, Winchell walked into Wenkman's hospital room and gave his stepfather a hug. Then the good-natured ribbing resumed. Wenkman, whose nurse was pretty, young and female, asked Winchell about his nurse. Winchell's nurse happened to be male.
Despite the surgery scars, Winchell felt no pain laughing with his stepdad.
Winchell could immediately see the change in Wenkman. He looked healthy. He looked happy. He was at peace.
One of Winchell's kidneys was now inside Wenkman. His stepdad no longer needed to spend hours every week on a dialysis machine.
Wenkman was born with undersized kidneys, which didn't pose a problem until a few years ago, when they began to fail. Eventually he needed a transplant.
Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/stepsons-kidney-donation-was-not-in-vain-ll51cqk-148613455.html
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