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Why I donated my kidney to a stranger
“I’m just an average person, who when scrolling through Twitter one day, decided I was going to donate a kidney to a stranger…It’s doable. That’s my story. I stumbled across what I thought was a doable action and I did it.”
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I donated my kidney to a stranger — and more of us should
Sam Trejo’s story of how he came to the decision of donating a kidney, anonymously
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Musician James Blunt opens up about how kidney disease has affected his family
He explains, “Monsters is for my father who has stage four chronic kidney disease…Monsters is a eulogy to my father – except he’s still alive and kicking. But he’s not been well – his kidneys are functioning at just 11%. And with that realization, I needed to tell him that, to me, he’s more than just a father. He’s my friend too, and that I love him”.
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Organ Donation Plea from Kitchener Teens Gets National Traction
After Abby Barbosa got her license last year, the first decision she had to make was whether she would consider being an organ donor. The student at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School in Kitchener knew she would check off the “yes” box. She realized the importance of organ donation at a young age after her father had a kidney transplant.
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Heart Transplant Creates Unbreakable Bond
An Alberta mother has finally connected with the Nova Scotia woman who received her daughter’s heart, following the 19-year-old’s death two years ago. As Ross Lord explains, one family’s loss of life gave the gift of life to another.
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