When my phone rang last week, I recognized the number and answered, “Hey Marco.  How are you?” 

“I’m great,” he responded. 

Sounds like a pretty normal conversation, but there was a lot more in Marco’s answer than just a casual response.  Marco had received a kidney transplant just two weeks earlier and that answer meant the kidney was working, he was recovering from his surgery, and he didn’t have to go to dialysis that morning.  He spent over three years waiting for a kidney, so I can only begin to imagine what this means to him. 

Marco’s kidney came from a very incredible man named Scott.  I’ve heard Scott described as a generous man who is always quietly helping others.  Scott didn’t know Marco, but he did know the need for kidney donation was great, so he made a phone call to Intermountain Donor Services several months ago to inquire about Good Samaritan Kidney Donation.  His decision to donate gave Marco a whole new chance at life.

Marco was interviewed on Fox 13 news this morning about life after transplant.  Scott wanted to be there, but the travel distance and early morning hour made it infeasible.   His daughter has set a goal to double the number of Good Samaritan Kidney Donors this year, so he will be telling people about living kidney donation and the young man he freed from dialysis.

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