After a relative received a bone marrow transplant, Pamela Deufrene began thinking about becoming a living kidney donor. She headed over to MatchingDonors.com and really related to Renee Tricarico, who lost her kidney function to PKD.
In the video accompanying the article linked above, she notes that being a donor is a great feeling and that it is an opportunity to help not only the kidney recipient but also that person’s entire family, as her family was helped by a bone marrow transplant.
Their surgery was earlier this week. Awesome.