{"id":1814,"date":"2021-04-22T08:26:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T15:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2021-04-22T08:27:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T15:27:02","slug":"head-of-local-nonprofit-donates-kidney-to-one-stranger-in-order-to-save-the-life-of-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/2021\/04\/22\/head-of-local-nonprofit-donates-kidney-to-one-stranger-in-order-to-save-the-life-of-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of local nonprofit donates kidney to one stranger in order to save the life of another"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"1814\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;WACO, Texas (KWTX) \u2013 Coleen Heaton, the director and founder of the nonprofit No Limitations, which was formed to support those in the special needs community through sports and other activities, practiced what she preached about \u2018loving with no limitations\u2019 after reading a Facebook post from a friend whose husband needed a kidney transplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI saw a post on Facebook that someone I knew loved someone who needed a kidney. Without much thought or consideration, I looked at my husband and said, \u2018What would you say if I said I wanted to donate a kidney?\u2019 And he, knowing me as well as he does and supporting me as strongly as he does, said \u2018I guess you\u2019re going to walk around with one kidney for the rest of your life.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heaton had never met her friend\u2019s husband, but after she saw the post on Dec. 16, she contacted the transplant center that night to start the process of filling out questionnaires and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She wasn\u2019t a match for her friend\u2019s husband, but she was a match for another person in need of a kidney and she was told if she agreed to donate to that person, her friend\u2019s husband would also get a kidney in what\u2019s called a paired exchange.&#8221;<br><br>Read the full story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwtx.com\/2021\/04\/20\/head-of-local-nonprofit-donates-kidney-to-one-stranger-in-order-to-save-the-life-of-another\/?fbclid=IwAR31g3F0wMY4ppwhgyWY799NzDDXCngwDU2NzrOjpo482lQ_CLInqVFIqUw\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"1814\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading &#8220;WACO, Texas (KWTX) \u2013 Coleen Heaton, the director and founder of the nonprofit No Limitations, which was formed to support those in the special needs community through sports and &hellip; 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