Irene Garza: An act of unselfishness
Kidney transplant strengthens bond between ‘sisters’
For Irene Garza, the choice was easy.
Her friend Lucille Monroy’s kidneys were failing. Her own were healthy.
“[My mind] was made up from the very first day she told me that she needed a kidney,” said Garza, of Lake in the Hills. “From that day forward, I knew that if nobody could do it from her family, I would go ahead and do it.”
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