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South Jersey man thanks Texas stranger for life-saving kidney donation

Por: ABC7 Health December 11, 2022

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MAYS LANDING, New Jersey -- I was already in phase three of kidney failure. When I caught COVID, I went to stage five, said Roy McIntosh. Unbeknownst to me, my wife put a post on Facebook and a total stranger came forth wanting to give me a kidney.That stranger was Heather Schaefer from Harker Heights, Texas. She and McIntosh's wife, Toshira Maldonado-McIntosh, happened to be members of the same Christian Facebook group.I just thought it... + full article



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