A Philadelphia woman is sharing her experience as a living kidney donor and documenting it on social media, all in an effort to help save lives.
There's about 90,000 people who are waiting for a kidney in the U.S. alone and roughly only 6,000 people come forward to be living organ donors.
"I said to myself, 'I really hope he gets a kidney.' Then I said to myself, 'Do I really mean that?'" said Paynter-Martinez."My brother died at age 29. He had post-traumatic stress from his service in the Marines after serving in Afghanistan, and for four years he struggled," said Paynter-Martinez. "When someone you love tells you they don't want to live anymore, that's a different type of agony.
She documented the entire process on TikTok from her hospital bed to show others how simple and pain-free the surgery was. When asked what was the most uncomfortable part, she said the gas and bloating.
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