Florida dispatcher gifts kidney to coworker for Christmas

Angie Davidson

27 December 2019

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Florida dispatcher gifts kidney to coworker for Christmas

A dispatcher at a Florida sheriff’s office has given her colleague the best Christmas present ever: a new kidney.

Amber Savoie, a dispatcher for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, earlier this month donated a kidney to Jesse Mesa, a fellow dispatcher who was diagnosed with Lupus.

Angie Davidson

17 November 2019

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Woman battling Lupus will get a kidney from her daughter's teacher

Angie Davidson

17 November 2019

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Woman battling Lupus will get a kidney from her daughter's teacher

Tracy Shearin-Drayton, a preschool teacher and mom from Greensboro, North Carolina, thought she'd have to wait five to eight years to get a kidney transplant. Shearin-Drayton was diagnosed with Lupus in 2009, and in August, she made public plea for a kidney donation, sharing her story with local news station WFMY.

Angie Davidson

3 September 2019

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Husband gave his wife a kidney but still needs a donor to save her

Angie Davidson

3 September 2019

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Husband gave his wife a kidney but still needs a donor to save her

Rene Tucciarone saved his wife's life once before as her kidney donor. Kani's kidneys were destroyed by the onset of lupus in 1989. But now he needs to find a stranger to save her again – and not just any stranger. It has to be someone with Type B-positive or Type O blood.

Florida dispatcher gifts kidney to coworker for Christmas

Woman battling Lupus will get a kidney from her daughter's teacher

Husband gave his wife a kidney but still needs a donor to save her

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