A Sister's Agonizing Decision ; Mollie Walsh Had an Unenviable Choice to Make. Both Her Brother and Sister Suffered From Kidney Failure. But She Had Only One Kidney to Donate. Who Would Get It?
Buffalo News › January 10, 2010
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Mollie Walsh had to make a heart-wrenching choice last year, a decision no one would want to face.
Two of her adult siblings suffered from kidney failure, both enduring energy-draining dialysis sessions as they waited for a kidney that could give them a new lease on life.See the full content of this document
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A Sister's Agonizing Decision ; Mollie Walsh Had an Unenviable Choice to Make. Both Her Brother and Sister Suffered From Kidney Failure. But She Had Only One Kidney to Donate. Who Would Get It?
But Walsh could only help one of them.
She finally gave one of her kidneys to her critically ill brother, who had lost both lower legs and part of the fingers on one hand to the ravages of renal disease.His health and his spirits have rebounded.Her older sister still waits for a new kidney."It was a tough decision. It was so hard," said Walsh, a busy mother of five who works two part-time jobs.This is the...See the full content of this document
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