Photo: Lekisha Mixon (left) and her mom Yolanda Mixon (right) give a thumbs up after successful kidney transplant surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital. (Source: CBS4)
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — A South Florida woman has given her mother an incredible gift just in time for Mother’s Day, the gift of life.
Yolanda Mixon, who served in the Army for nearly 19 years, including a stint in the Gulf War, was diagnosed with lupus which eventually led to kidney failure and pulmonary fibrosis, scarring of the lung tissue which makes it difficult to breathe.
“I started out having arthritis-like pain in my joints so I went to the clinic and did the blood work and came back with lupus,” explained Yolanda.
Doctors told Yolanda, a single mother raising two children; she would eventually need a kidney transplant.
Read more- VIDEO: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/05/11/daughter-gives-mom-the-gift-of-life-for-mothers-day/
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