Kim Vargas has had kidney trouble for years, caused by lupus. Her mom, Meleia Sanders, wanted to donate a kidney but at first, Kim said no.
“But she turned it around and said I would do it for (my kids) Keeton and Mia, and she was right.”
And so, Meleia flew to Colorado to be Kim’s living kidney donor.
“We had about one week to get our ducks in a row — everything turned into a whirlwind as soon as we got that call,” she said. “We had to get ready and fly out to Denver right away.”
Kim is nearly speechlessly grateful.
“I don’t know [if] there is a way you could completely show your gratitude,” she said.