42-year old hotel employee from Huntington (Long Iceland, NY) saved the life of a former client, donating his kidney, reports AP. Matt Fulgieri (Matt Fulgieri) and Rick Bellande (Rick Bellando) met in 2002, when Matt reservation and banquet hall for their wedding. Business partnership grew into friendship. Meanwhile, Matt age 18 serious hereditary disease - polycystic kidney disease, died from his grandmother, my mother and my brother. This year, the doctors informed him of the need for urgent kidney transplant, or he could live a couple of weeks. Father of three children, Rick Bellande has to be his desire to be a donor for his friend. Analyses have shown that men have the same rare blood type and tissue is fully compatible. However discourage Matt, who has two sons grow up, be a friend. Fearing for the health and welfare of the family Rick However, other suitable donor could not be found, so that at the end of the operation it was decided. Kidney transplant, which took place in early November, was successful: In the coming weeks Fulgieri are already planning to return to their jobs. According to Matt, white thanks to Rick, who saved his life, no limits. After surgery, they were friends, so that kept brothers. Men hope that their example to inspire others and to save the lives of many people in need of a kidney. Only in the United States more than 100,000 people in need of transplants of organs. Wait often takes years. Each year, about 6,000 people will die before they need authority.
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