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Living Donation Discussion and News => Living Donation in the News => Topic started by: Clark on April 14, 2015, 11:55:37 AM
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http://www.theday.com/local/20150313/mystic-womans-kidney-donation-is-multiplied-by-the-wives-of-transplant-recipients
Mystic woman’s kidney donation is multiplied by the wives of transplant recipients
By Judy Benson
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When her friend's circumstances changed and he was no longer eligible for a donation, she was asked whether she would still be willing to donate to a stranger.
"I said, 'Sure,'" she recalled. "I was at a certain age when it just seemed like a good time to make a go of it." She and her husband, Stephen, a "big supporter" of her altruism, are the parents of four children.
Her decision, it turns out, spurred a chain reaction of donations that resulted in four Connecticut women donating their kidneys to four men, all on March 3 at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
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