Sunday, January 10, 2010

1554...ToughChoicesSouth Of The Can/US Border

From the Buffalo News and South Buffalo comes the story of a loving woman who can only donate one kidney, but both her brother and sister need one.

Mollie Walsh had to make a heart-wrenching choice last year, a decision no one would want to face.

Two of her adult siblings suffered from kidney failure, both enduring energy-draining dialysis sessions as they waited for a kidney that could give them a new lease on life.

But Walsh could only help one of them.

She finally gave one of her kidneys to her critically ill brother, who had lost both lower legs and part of the fingers on one hand to the ravages of renal disease.

His health and his spirits have rebounded.

Her older sister still waits for a new kidney.

Keep this story in mind next Christmas when you're deciding how much you should spend on your siblings.


Fill out your donor card while you are at it.


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