One couple found out that they are truly a match — in more ways than one. After being together for more than 20 years, a husband and wife pair learned they were rare matches as living donors.
Up against time and despite having different blood types, June Holaday decided to still get tested to see if she could be a living donor for her husband -- even if the chances were extremely thin.After months of testing, June Holaday found out she defied the odds. She was a match and was approved to give her husband the gift of life.
"I think we finally breathed a sigh of relief for the first time in the whole journey," June Holaday said of learning she was a match for her husband. Living donor transplant surgeries happen simultaneously in rooms next to each other to ensure the organ is transplanted quickly and safely. On March 28, the Holadays went into the lifesaving operation room, together., a surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, performed June Holaday's nephrectomy. She said the Holaday's situation was"beautiful."
"To be a true perfect match, it's one out of 100,000, but given the advances we have these days, we don't always have to have that exact perfect match," Dageford said."It is an amazing love story. Her willingness to do this, to continue to have a wonderful life with him. For the rest of their lives together is beautiful."
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