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Boisean Donates Kidney To Stranger

Feb. 14, 2009 1:05 a.m. • 1 comment

Item: Boise organ donor gives stranger a life-saving gift: The kidney she thought was for a co-worker’s daughter still goes to ‘somebody’s family member’/Idaho Statesman

More Info: Dolores “Lola” Macias of Boise celebrated Valentine’s Day by giving a kidney to a stranger Friday. Many people have called her remarkable, but she doesn’t see it. “I honestly don’t think of it that way,” the 49-year-old said. “It was simply a nice gesture to get tested, but when you have to make a decision, is it really a decision? How would you not do it?”

Question: Would you donate a kidney?

One comment on this post so far. Add yours!

Transplanted_Texan on February 14 at 10:16 p.m.
Heck yeah. My dad is only alive today because of two kidney donors, one in 2007 and one in 1994 (or was it ‘95?).

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