It is a fateful Happy ending: A mother donated a fireman, a kidney. The same firefighter who saved only two years before her daughter’s life.
In August 2016, Becca Bundy from bearsville in Minnesota (USA) chose the emergency. Her then one year old daughter had an epileptic seizure, reported the British tabloid "Daily Mail". On the other line of the firefighter Bill Cox reported. He acted immediately and was able to stabilize the girl until the rescue arrived forces. “He didn’t seem to care, it was just another call,” remembered Becca Bundy in an interview with the local news channel “Kare 11”.
Rescuers of the daughter of life on the verge of kidney failure
Two years would pass until their paths crossed again. In October 2018 and Becca Bundy was a call for donations to the attention of: “My Name is Bill. I suffer from end stage renal failure. I urgently need a kidney.“
As Becca Bundy recognized the life-saver of her daughter, she hesitated not a second. “I couldn’t stop thinking about it,” she said to “Kare 11”. “I was the One and I knew it.” And in fact – the blood group matched. “I remember that we both cried – tears of joy of course,” said Becca Bundy “CNN”.
"She is my angel. You saved my life."
Bill Cox was born with only one kidney, this failed now. Since 2017 will stand the firefighter on the list for an Organ transplant waiting. And the list is long – about 100,000 patients kidney wait there is currently a matching donor. Most on the list, wait for three to five years.
Bill Cox was lucky. In February 2019, Bill and Becca the surgery itself. This was successful, the two have a rest now. “She is my angel. You saved my life,” said the firefighter is “CNN”. A truly fateful meeting, has made two Strangers to a family.