Waitress donates kidney to her customer
A waitress from Georgia offered one of her kidneys to a customer after she had learned that he had lost both of his kidneys.
Waitress Mariana Villarreal was serving Don Thomas in May 2016 when she made the generous offer.
When she had learned of Don’s kidney situation the waitress said, “Well I have two kidneys, do you want one of mine?”
Her offer took Don by surprise but he accepted and had a successful surgery.
It has almost been a year from their meeting and the pair still meet up. Mariana wrote on Instagram that she Don two to three times a month.
“He's doing amazing! No kidney problems at all! #friendsforlife,” she wrote.
Mariana’s decision to donate her kidney was influenced by her grandmother who died from kidney failure.
Although she couldn’t donate to her grandma she explained, “If (Don) can live two more years, happy as he's ever been, that's fine with me.”
Image credit: mariana_tolentino7 via Instagram
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