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Happy Valentine's Day: here's my kidney

Posted on Feb 13th 2007 3:03PM by Jonathon Morgan
Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

I always struggle with what to give my fiance for Valentine's Day. I never know whether I should be funny or sentimental, and the whole process is made extra-difficult by the fact that she finds gifts like candy and flowers "too traditional."

But for one couple in upstate New York, the decision is easy. Pearl Hamilton is going to give her husband a kidney.

Byron Hamilton, a 57-year-old dairy farmer, has been suffering with kidney disease for years. Told by doctors that he'd either need a transplant or dialysis, he turned to his wife, who didn't think twice about offering hers.

According to Mrs. Hamilton, her husband's well-being is all that matters. Awww.

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