Read original article Facebook Plea Answered by Catherine Kavanaugh For Journal Register Company.
I found an amazing story of helping a stranger in need.
In this case, Facebook may have saved a man's life. Roxy Kurze of Warren found out that her husband, who had a stroke and was in need of a kidney, had to wait 5 years to receive one.
Roxy wrote on her Facebook status: "I wish a kidney would fall from the sky. If anyone knows a live donor who is a type O please let me know.”
And Ricky Cisco, 25, of Royal Oak responded...a man Roxy had only met once in passing when she did work for his employer.
Roxy's husband has spent his whole life with anemia, blood pressure, and heart and kidney problems, including chronic interstitial nephritis. He went to dialysis three times a week for more than two years.
The transplant was done last week. The doctor who did the surgery said this is the first time, he's aware of, that a donor was found through Facebook.
Think about it. We are each born with an organ that we have two of, when we only need one. And one of them can save another's life. How many other things do we have that we take for granted that could save another person? Would we be willing to give it away to a stranger?
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