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Second chance at life : Woman will donate kidney to Minnesota toddler she has never met
Heather Kimbrough stumbled across a Facebook post about a mother s desperate plea for a kidney for her son. She never thought she would end up being a near-perfect match. Share Updated: 11:04 PM EST Feb 10, 2021 Second chance at life : Woman will donate kidney to Minnesota toddler she has never met
Heather Kimbrough stumbled across a Facebook post about a mother s desperate plea for a kidney for her son. She never thought she would end up being a near-perfect match. Share Updated: 11:04 PM EST Feb 10, 2021
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Donating a life-saving organ to a family member is one thing, but to give one to someone you ve never met? That s unbelievably special. And when the person who s going to receive that organ isn t yet two-years-old. that is heaven-sent, especially to the child and their parents.
Ryder Geisler is a 22-month-old from Minnesota who s in desperate need of a kidney. His young life revolves around dialysis, which he s on twelve hours each day. His mother, Desiree Teubert, says he has no kidney function at all. She told KCCI,
He s been on dialysis since he was born. Doctors gave him less than 1% to make it so he is just a true miracle. He was on life support the first three weeks of his life and spent the first six months of his life at the hospital.