Dallas Priest donates his Kidney

Dallas Morning News

Even with her puckish sense of humor, no one could doubt that Carrie Gehling has faced serious health issues.

On the eve of her transplant, Carrie Gehling replayed a voice mail from her priest telling her that he was a match. She lost both legs to a 40-year fight with diabetes and suffered four heart attacks, one of which left her clinically dead for 2 ½ minutes.

After years of dialysis, she needed a kidney transplant, but her medical history made her a high-risk candidate. Several hospitals had turned her down until Medical City Dallas Hospital earlier this year agreed to the procedure – with the provision that she find a live donor.

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