Texas Woman Donates Kidney To Stranger

August 20, 2022280 views0

Texas Woman Donates Kidney To Stranger

2022-08-20T15:19:35+01:00

By Church News

A woman living in Texas donated her kidney to a stranger in New Jersey, almost two thousand miles away from each other.In June, Heather Schafer from Harker Heights, Texas willingly donated her kidney to the 48-year-old Roy McIntosh from New Jersey and the procedure was done at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden.Roy had been undergoing dialysis three days a week, five hours a day. He needed a kidney transplant to live a normal and longer life.Wanting her husband to have a better life, Toshira Maldonado-McIntosh asked for prayer in a Christian Facebook group “The Laughing Christian,” last December.“Please pray for my husband that God sends a type B+ living kidney donor to him,” her post read. “We believe in God for a miracle. Please pray for him.”While Toshira did not know anyone in the group, she hoped God would send the right match for her husband.Heather noted that she knew that she would be the one to donate her kidney to McIntosh once she read his wife’s message.“I read the message and thought, ‘That’s for me,'” she recalled. “Somehow, I just knew I had a part to play. So, I messaged the lady about 30 minutes later and wrote, ‘I am B+ [blood type], and I’d like to look into if I can donate my kidney.'”“What are the odds that a Caribbean man in New Jersey and a woman from Scotland living in Texas would even find one another, let alone be compatible?” she asked.Several months and tests later, it was revealed that the two strangers were a perfect match.“The greatest thing about organ transplant is that it provides a better rate of survival and dramatically allows recipients to lead more normal lives,” Virtua Advanced Transplant & Organ Health transplant surgeon Dr John Radomski said.“I feel 20 years younger!” McIntosh shared.He believes that God planned to find him a perfect match.Eight weeks after having a successful surgery, McIntosh and his family visited Schafer for the first time.“We love Heather, and we are forever grateful,” McIntosh said.Schafer, who chronicled her story on YouTube, summarized their story in this manner: “Perfect stranger, perfect match, perfect God.”ALSO READ Nations Will Rise And Sing 2022 With Steve Crown