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http://www.wpxi.com/entertainment/selena-gomez-opens-up-on-life-or-death-kidney-donation/631008782[/size][/size]Selena Gomez opens up on 'life or death' kidney donation[/size][/size]Selena Gomez says her friend Francia Raisa saved her life by donating a kidney to the singer earlier this year.[/size]Gomez and Raisa sat down for an interview with NBC News that is set to air next week. In a preview clip , Gomez says she didn't want to ask anyone to be a donor, but Raisa "volunteered and did it." Gomez announced the procedure last month, saying she needed a new kidney due to her struggle with lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body mistakenly attacks its own tissues, sometimes including the kidneys.[/size]She tells NBC her condition "was really kind of life or death."[/size]The 29-year-old Raisa is an actress best known for her role on the ABC Family series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."[/color]
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Unrelated directed kidney donor in 2003, recipient and I both well.
625 time blood and platelet donor since 1976 and still giving!
Elected to the OPTN/UNOS Boards of Directors & Executive, Kidney Transplantation, and Ad Hoc Public Solicitation of Organ Donors Committees, 2005-2011
Proud grandpa!