Boyfriend prepares to donate kidney to his true love
Los Banos Enterprise | David Witte
DAVID WITTE/dwitte@losbanosenterprise.com Lindsey Miller, 23, and her boyfriend Brandon Kelley, 25, watch the Oakland A's game on Tuesday (July 9, 2013) at their home in Los Banos. Miller suffers from polycystic kidney disease, and is scheduled to receive a kidney from Kelley later this month.
LOS BANOS The ticking time bomb in Lindsey Miller hit hard recently, sending her to the hospital and putting her on kidney dialysis.
The 23-year-old Los Banos woman was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at age 10. The hereditary disease took her grandfather at 52, her uncle at 34 and her aunt at 27. Lindsey's mother, Tammie Miller, has been on dialysis since 2010 and needs a kidney as well.
The chances of finding a donor are slim â€" statistically speaking, one person in Los Banos is a match for Miller. In a fortunate twist of fate, that one person just happens to sit across the dinner table from her every night.
Miller's boyfriend, Brandon Kelley, is an almost perfect match. Kidney transplant surgery is scheduled for July 19 at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.
"Awesome. It was a sigh of relief," Kelley said, "just knowing that she's going to be OK."
Miller and the 25-year-old Kelley met and began dating in early 2011. Miller suffered flu-like symptoms in October of that year.
LOS BANOS The ticking time bomb in Lindsey Miller hit hard recently, sending her to the hospital and putting her on kidney dialysis.
The 23-year-old Los Banos woman was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at age 10. The hereditary disease took her grandfather at 52, her uncle at 34 and her aunt at 27. Lindsey's mother, Tammie Miller, has been on dialysis since 2010 and needs a kidney as well.
The chances of finding a donor are slim â€" statistically speaking, one person in Los Banos is a match for Miller. In a fortunate twist of fate, that one person just happens to sit across the dinner table from her every night.
Miller's boyfriend, Brandon Kelley, is an almost perfect match. Kidney transplant surgery is scheduled for July 19 at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.
"Awesome. It was a sigh of relief," Kelley said, "just knowing that she's going to be OK."
Miller and the 25-year-old Kelley met and began dating in early 2011. Miller suffered flu-like symptoms in October of that year.
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