In this Dec. 11, 2013 photo provided by New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Donald Jones, left, poses with his surgeon, Dr. Gerald Appel, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, before being released. Jones, who played wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots, fought kidney disease since college, was a kidney transplant on December 3, with an organ donated by his father. With little chance of returning to professional football, Jones is considering a stab at one in baseball after some rehab and recovery time. (AP Photo/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Charles Manley)
Sore as the incision from his kidney transplant surgery might still be, Donald Jones' outlook on life is suddenly fresh.
Though Jones' NFL career is over, what matters more to the former Buffalo Bills receiver is knowing he has a father willing to sacrifice anything _ even a kidney. And that leaves Jones, who turns 26 on Tuesday, thankful for a second chance.
"Going through all of that is like, man, I've got nothing to lose. I've persevered through the worst," Jones told The Associated Press by phone this week from his hospital room at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. "It's really a blessing."
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