Jack Foley|Herald News. Elizabeth Dasilva describes the "amazing gift" her husband gave her.
Elizabeth Dasilva received the most precious and amazing Christmas present this year from her husband Jason and a complete stranger: the gift of life.
Jason Dasilva donated his kidney to a stranger in an exchange program that in-turn provided a kidney for his wife, who has battled kidney disease since she was a child.
The couple, married nearly 20 years with two grown children, underwent surgery on Dec. 16 at Rhode Island Hospital, along with a Rhode Island woman and New Bedford man. The surgery started with two people offering the gift of a living kidney transplant to two people in desperate need of that offering.
The surgery ended with four healthy people who got home in time to spend Christmas with their families.
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"You have the power to SAVE lives."
To register as a donor in California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.
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