Kidney recipients, including a 5-yo, meet their donors
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Five Minnesota kidney donors and recipients met for the first time Friday morning.
It’s not every day a 28-year-old from St. Paul and a 5-year-old from the Iron Range become pals. But for Fernando Cornejo and Charlie Benda, it was inevitable.
Cornejo gave young Benda something he desperately needed – a new kidney.
“To meet someone who could selflessly give up a piece of their body to my son to help him grow become stronger, and as I was telling Fernando, it’s beyond words how grateful we are,” said Josh Benda, Charlie Benda’s dad.