Why and how I donated a kidney to a stranger

A handful of bewildered friends questioned my decision to donate a kidney to someone I didn't know.

The simple answer: Why not? A healthy person can get by with just one kidney, and the other one can be of greater use to someone whose health and general wellbeing have eroded as their kidneys failed. I'm happy to share the wealth.

As it says in the gospel of Luke: "Every one to whom much is given, of him will be much required."

And I've been given much.

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