Larry Swilling, wore a sign board on the streets of South Carolina for nearly a year to find his wife a donor kidney. Luckily, a donor was found, and the wife, Jimmy Sue, has just had her transfer surgery successfully completed. The donor heard about the couple from news reports about a man who wore a sign board looking for someone willing to give up one of their kidneys for his wife.
The picture above is from CNN, which goes on to report as follows;
"NEED KIDNEY 4 WIFE" said the sign he wore on a sandwich board over his shoulders as he walked the streets of Anderson, South Carolina. The same message was plastered on his pickup truck.
Jimmy Sue Swilling was born with only one kidney, and late this summer, it was failing. Her husband wasn't a match.
When Larry's campaign to find her a donor was picked up by local and national media, dozens of people got tested to see if their kidney was suitable for Jimmy Sue.
The eventual donor contacted the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where the surgery was performed last Wednesday.
Jimmy Sue Swilling will leave the hospital Friday, her husband said, although they'll have to go to Charleston every month for the next four months to make sure the kidney is working properly.
Right now, Larry Swilling said, doctors report "everything is working A-OK, 200 percent!"
This is real and inspiring love! I'm happy for the couple they found a donor and the surgery went very well. Here's praying she continues to get better.
This is real love. God will continues to bless him.
ReplyDeleteThere's always a light at the end of the tunnel. What a dedicated and loving husband. God bless him.
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