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Sandro's Story
My name is Sandro Ferraro and I donated my kidney to my father
in August 3, 1993, and up to this day my father is still living at 70,
and I am all right also. There was only one side effect that really
bothered me and to this day still does. It is the fact that I lost 17
to 20 pounds, and most of it muscle. But besides that everything is
fine.
I returned to work after three months of relaxation and keep
in mind that I had the operation the old school way. I have 58 stiches
on the left side of my body and a piece of my rib is gone.
People say I am a hero but I say I had no choice, it is my
father. Three years ago I lost my mother at 59 years old and it made me
realize that I did not do the operation for nothing because my father
is still alive today. In 1993 there was a waiting list of two years and
when I went to see my father on dialysis, that was what made me decide
to do it. Knowing today that the operation is so much better and easier
than before, I APPLAUDE the people who do donate an organ, and if life,
especially one who is close to you, do not hesitate, save a life. It
makes you and the person you save feel so much better and you see life
in a whole new way.
