One Richmond family is especially thankful this holiday season. Taiwan Walker, 41, desperately needed a kidney. His aunt, who was a perfect match, stepped in and donated one of hers, to him. Now, both have a new mission in life.
Dewanda Joseph and her nephew, Taiwan Walker, are recovering from a kidney transplant operation. She was the donor and he, the recipient.
"We've been close since he was born," Joseph said. "He's my baby, the child that I didn't birth myself. This is my son."
The procedure was done at California Pacific Medical Center the day before thanksgiving.
"My original color came back," Walker said. "I just feel better, just like that."
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