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| Erwin Gomez (Left), Ray Fearing (Center), and Cera Fearing (Right) |
After waiting 10 years, 27 year old Ray Fearing was
finally able to receive a kidney transplant from his sister, Cera. The
transplant was in June 2011, and soon after, a biopsy showed that the
transplanted organ was doing more harm than good. He then agreed to donate his
transplanted kidney to Doctor Erwin Gomez, age 67. The kidney that had been
failing in Ray, immediately began thriving in Erwin. Before the second
surgery, the question of ethics was brought up, and when asked if he'd be
willing to give up the failing organ, he answered without hesitation. "There are thousands of people waiting for organs, I couldn't see myself just discarding one." said Fearing. Ray must now face another long wait before he can attempt getting
another kidney. This was the first time such an operation
was performed.
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