Two and a half weeks ago, four Northern Nevadans travelled to San Francisco to partake in a kidney-swapping transplant surgery that would end their days on dialysis and help them regain their lives.
The donors volunteered to give their kidneys to either their spouse or friend, but their kidney was not a match. So, they were all put in a database at California Pacific Medical Center that matches kidneys according to blood type and best genetic match.
The local groups who entered the program included a married couple from Gardnerville and two good friends from Carson City and Minden. In a conference room Thursday at California Pacific Medical Center, they and other donors and recipients got to meet for the first time.
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