Kidney Sisters' Hope: A Facebook Transplant Story

0:00It's April 20th, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Kansas News today, local news powered by AI. April marks National Donate life month, and right now over 2,600 folks in Kansas and Missouri are on the transplant waitlist. Take Kim Schuffelberger from Johnson County. She beat the odds with a kidney transplant that came from an unlikely Facebook connection. Kim got hit with kidney disease back before her daughter was born in 2006, already at stage 2. By 2021, it had worsened to stage 5, so she needed a donor fast to survive. Her donor, Brittany Clark, from South Carolina, over 1,000 miles away, saw Kim's plea online and felt called to help. Turns out they matched perfectly. Both teachers, single moms, guided by faith. They went under the knife in May 2021, and it was a total success. Now they call each other kidney sisters and keep in touch, grateful for the second chance. Kim knows the disease lingers with no cure, making the transplant just a bridge to more

1:02time. Her story spotlights how one post can spark real change, pushing more people to register as donors, and keep the hope alive for those waiting.