Man Donates Kidney To Help Save Father-In-Law ’ s Life

BOSTON (CBS) – A local man gave his father-in-law a new lease on life in the most unconventional way. Tony Darosa was busy running his printing business on Martha’s Vineyard when his wife of 50 years suggested he see a doctor. “My wife said, ‘There’s something not right,’” Darosa said. The active 70-year-old said he felt fine but did what he was told and within days he was loaded onto an ambulance and shipped to Tufts Medical Center. He was in complete kidney failure. “The bladder backed up into my kidneys and basically I guess killed them,” he explained. Tony was placed on dialysis and thought that was how he’d spend the rest of his days, until Dr. Charles Strom, a transplant surgeon at Tufts, said he’d be a good candidate for a kidney transplant. “He’s such a healthy and robust gentleman that I pushed very hard to have him evaluated,” Dr. Strom said. Mr. Darosa would likely have had to wait 5 to 8 years for a deceased donor kidney so the chance that he would die waiting for one was pretty good. His best option was a living donor, but who? “It’s tough, in the beginning, to even think about asking someone to give a kidney,” Darosa said. But seven people, including family and friends, stepped forward and the best match was not a blood relation but his son-in-law, Michael. Tony Darosa with his son-in-law and kidney donor Michael (WBZ-TV) “I was kind of shocked in the very beginning but I never hesitated,” Michael sai...
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