Three people in California received lifesaving kidney transplants thanks to a unique three-way kidney donation in which three couples, all strangers, donated kidneys to each other.
transplant surgeon and director of the living organ donor program at Scripps Green Hospital, told"Good Morning America.""It was two rooms running for much of the day but in the end we had three happy , successful donors and three happy successful transplant recipients."The three couples operated on in those two hospital rooms met for the first time on Jan. 21, when they all returned for their post-surgery checkups.
"It was amazing, a cool experience," said Jessica Lugo, a kidney recipient."I really wanted to see who I got this beautiful kidney from." Compton donated his kidney to Daniel Quintero, a 31-year-old from Riverside, California, who was born with just one kidney that deteriorated in function over time, necessitating a transplant.
In all, one half of a couple received a healthy kidney and the other partner donated a kidney to a stranger in order to help.Daniel Quintero and Itzel Diaz are pictured together after undergoing kidney surgeries.Each couple told"GMA" the three-way kidney donation has impacted them greatly, showing the goodness of complete strangers.
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