Surgery 50 years ago
British woman lives with 99-year-old kidney from her father
Half a century ago, Pat Koppa from the town of Stillwater in the US state of Minnesota was given a kidney by her father. The transplant enabled the now 71-year-old to live a long life. On the anniversary of the operation, the woman remembers her father.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The 71-year-old is still in excellent health today. As a child, however, Koppa had to struggle with serious health problems. When she was 21 years old, her father donated a kidney to her - which is now almost 99 years old!
Koppa remembers her father's words immediately after the operation: "He said: 'You know, fathers are the luckiest people in the world because they give birth to their daughters. I'm the luckiest person in the world because I gave birth to you twice'."
Woman campaigns for organ donation
Koppa's health improved dramatically after receiving the donor kidney. Since the transplant, she has been campaigning for organ donation and a healthy life.
Her father developed Alzheimer's disease and eventually died in 2017 - but the memory of him lives on in Pat Koppa.
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