An Austin woman donated her kidney to her husband's coworker in 2020. More than a year later, both of them are healthy.
More than 100,000 Americans are currently in need of an organ transplant and most of them need of a kidney. It's a years-long wait, unless you can find a living donor.
Emily Ellisor became a living kidney donor in November 2020 about six-months after meeting her husband's co-worker, Trevor Manning, at a motocross park in Central Texas. "We were like one thing away from like siblings, that's how close we were in our match," she said. "When I called Trevor, I was like 'oh my gosh we're going to do this!' And he was like 'this is crazy, I cannot believe this is happening.' And, I was just like, 'I am so excited!'""I told her multiple times, 'please you don't have to do it, if you don't need to. I want you to be good.' And, she didn't budge.
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