{"id":7810,"date":"2023-12-14T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7810"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:35:22","slug":"he-wanted-to-donate-a-kidney-to-help-jacksonville-man-instead-it-saved-his-own-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/12\/14\/he-wanted-to-donate-a-kidney-to-help-jacksonville-man-instead-it-saved-his-own-life\/","title":{"rendered":"He wanted to donate a kidney to help Jacksonville man. Instead, it saved his own life."},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7810\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Though he couldn&#8217;t donate his own kidney, Pat O&#8217;Shaughnessy of Illinois is determined to still help a young Jacksonville man get the transplant he needs.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By Matt Soergel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pat O&#8217;Shaughnessy calls it his mission \u2014 his determination to donate one of his 64-year-old kidneys to a 31-year-old man with so much to look forward to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He failed in that mission, he believes, and his voice breaks as he admits that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in that failure, he probably saved his own life. So he&#8217;ll be around to continue the mission, he says, and he vows to stick with it until it succeeds. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/story\/news\/local\/2023\/11\/27\/illinois-man-tried-to-donate-kidney-to-jacksonville-friend\/71609069007\/\">Read the article<\/a> in the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7810\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading Though he couldn&#8217;t donate his own kidney, Pat O&#8217;Shaughnessy of Illinois is determined to still help a young Jacksonville man get the transplant he needs. 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