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I Just Gave Away $500,000

Here’s what happened.

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Sharon McMahon
Dec 24, 2024
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Four years ago, at the height of a global pandemic, the world was cold and dark.

Everything, it seemed, was canceled.

My husband suffered through Stage V renal failure, and in August of 2020, he was the recipient of a living kidney donation, made possible because my mom donated one of her kidneys to a stranger.

My husband’s kidney donor, an electrician f…

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