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Sunday, December 18, 2005

Daughter Donates Kidney to 80-Year-Old Father

From the Alamogordo Daily News:
Cheryl DeHart Mollison's father gave her life -- and on Sept. 7, she helped extend his.

Mollison donated one of her kidneys to her 80-year-old father, Ted DeHart, while he was suffering from chronic kidney failure. Without the transplant, DeHart was facing dialysis.

"I said, 'No, we're not going that route," Mollison said. "We're doing the transplant."
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