How Deciding to Donate a Kidney Saved My Own Life

Happiness Matters Podcast

Kids & family

When I filled out my National Kidney Registry living donation application, I hoped I’d have the opportunity to improve someone else’s life. I never dreamed I’d be saving my own. I first considered living kidney donation...

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