Chicago 6th grader gets kidney donation from woman who works at his school

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“He had one kidney removed, but when the tumor kept coming back over the years, radiation treatments damaged his other kidney.

“It was pretty tough. I didn’t feel well,” he said. “I’d mostly go home and sit around.”

Ward Sexton said he and his wife Robyn set their sights on getting their son a new kidney and tried to find a donor.

“Robyn isn’t a blood match, I was ruled out, so we said, ‘We’ll ask friends,'” he said.

Last year, they wrote a letter asking those who may be interested to get a blood test to see if they were a match for Gavin. The email was forwarded and landed in the inbox of Ann Chiumino, who works in administration at Sacred Heart Academy, where Gavin is a student. The two did not know each other, but Chiumino said she felt the need to answer the call.”

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