Picture a stranger who never meets you, giving you a piece of themselves anyway. That is how this story starts: with one person’s kidney and no expectation of ever being thanked. What happened next is almost impossible to believe: that single gift set off a chain of 94 transplants, each one a life pulled back from the edge of waiting. Surgeon Jayme Locke has spent years matching donors who cannot help someone they love with strangers who can. Her work proves a truth worth remembering: generosity given away freely has a way of finding its way back to more people than we could ever imagine.
“If we could just take what we’ve done here and extrapolate it to the whole country, it would be remarkable what we could do together.”
~ Elian Silverman
How one kidney donation can lead to a chain of 94 transplants (and counting!) ~ ideas.ted.com (June 14, 2018)
Such creative math …multiplier…starting with ONE!!!