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74-year-old man walks miles to find kidney donor for his Kidney

74-year-old Utah man Wayne Winters has found a kidney donor match for his wife after weeks of walking busy streets in a sandwich board.
Posted by: admin , November 15, 2017
  • 74-year-old Utah man Wayne Winters has found a kidney donor match for his wife after weeks of walking busy streets in a sandwich board.
  • On 5 October, Wayne, who met his wife, Deanne 26 years ago, took to the streets with a sandwich board containing his plea, phone number and Deanne’s blood type A-, to find a donor for his wife, who had stage 5 kidney failure.
  • After 700 calls, Wayne found a match!
  • According to WPXI, Deanne is now recovering after the kidney transplant.
  • Waynetold KTSU it would be awesome for Deanne to have a good 5 years so that they can have their life back.
  • Great story, made better by the fact that Wayne says he will continue to wear the sign to help others.
  • According to the National Kidney Foundation, the average person waits between 3 to 5 years for a kidney transplant.
  • Sometimes heroes wear simple sandwich boards.

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http://www.newsweek.com/senior-citizen-who-went-viral-finds-kidney-donor-match-his-wife-706645

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Tags: Kidney donor, Kidney transplant, Sandwich board, streets, utah, Wayne Winters, wife

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