My name is Lisa Marro. In 1998, I was working at Maverick Recording Company when I found out that a business colleague in New York (I lived in Los Angeles) was in end-stage renal failure.
Four-and-a-half months later after all the tests had been done, at the age of 36, I flew to NY to donate a kidney.
It wasn’t an easy donation. For various reasons the surgery couldn’t be done laparoscopically, but 21 days after the transplant and minus one rib, I was back at work.
Within 6 weeks, I was back working out at the gym and my kidney function today – 14 years later – is the same as it was with 2 kidneys. I’m still active and healthy. One kidney hasn’t hampered my style!
More importantly within 24 hours after surgery, the recipient of my kidney looked amazing. Her color had returned to normal and 14 years later she is still healthy.
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