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EXTRA COST AND PREGNANT WOMEN TO
PREBOARD.
BECOMING HER LIVING KIDNEY
DONOR.
KATHY WALSH JOINS US NOW.
AND THESE TWO CONNECTED THROUGH
A SIGN.
REALLY AN AMAZING STORY.
I
TOOK THIS PICTURE BACK IN
JANUARY.
I SAW THIS SIGN ON A
CAR.
TEEN NEEDS KIDNEY, TYPE O
BLOOD.
A STRANGER CAME FORWARD
AND WAS TESTED.
IT'S AMAZING
THAT SHE'S A MATCH.
Reporter: THIS MAN SPINS AND
SEPARATES HARMFUL ANTIBODIES
FROM THE BLOODSTREAM.
IT TAKES
THREE HOURS.
BUT THE TEENAGER IS
PATIENT.
THIS IS A STEP TOWARD
SAVING HER LIFE.
JILLIAN'S STORY
BEGAN WHEN SHE WAS FIVE.
I HAD AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
THAT ATTACKED BOEPG OF MY
KIDNEYS -- BOTH OF MY KIDNEYS.
Reporter: SHE WENT ON
DIALYSIS AND WAITED.
AT SEVEN,
SHE GOT A KIDNEY FROM A YOUNG
WOMAN WHO DIED IN A CAR
ACCIDENT.
I WAS LIKE ANY NORMAL KID,
PLAYING SPORTS GOING TO SCHOOL.
Reporter: THAT LASTED EIGHT
YEARS.
LAST SUMMER, HER BODY
REJECTED THE KIDNEY.
SHE WAS
BACK ON DIALYSIS, AND THIS TIME
CAMPAIGNING FOR A LIVING DONOR.
SHE HAD A 2% CHANCE OF FINDING A
MATCH.
WE FOUND A MIRACLE.
Reporter: THE MIRACLES
CHRISSY SMITH, MOTHER OF FOUR
BOYS, LIVING JUST A FEW MILES
AWAY IN HIGHLANDS RANCH.
GOD WANTS ME TO DO THIS.
Reporter: IN OCTOBER, SHE
SAW THE BUMPER STICKER.
IT POPPED INTO MY HEAD.
THAT'S ME.
I HAVE TO CALL THIS
NUMBER.
Reporter: AFTER HER MOTHER
DIED OF CANCER, KRISSY VOWED TO
HELP SOMEONE OLS LIVE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HER?
SHE'S MY HERO.
Reporter: THE TRANSPLANT IS
SCHEDULE FORWARD APRIL 21ST.
2% CHANCE.