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Daughter Donates Kidney to Give Mother New Life
When Tina Quizon’s nightly call back home to her parents went unanswered one day, she knew something was wrong.
Her mother, Juliet Quizon, had failing kidneys for over a decade, something she kept hidden from her daughters because she didn’t even want them to consider donating a kidney to her.
“What if one of them have the same diagnosis and someday they need a kidney transplant?” Juliet asked. “Who’s going to give it to them? As mom that was my biggest worry.”
With her mother’s secret now out, Tina graduated from nursing school and came home to nurse her mother through a year of dialysis. Then, they found out the disease Juliet had was not hereditary.
For Tina, the decision to donate was an obvious one.
“My mom gave me life, so how could i not give it back to her?” Tina said. “She’s doing so well. I get emotional because it’s amazing how someone can change from dialysis to getting a transplant.”
Tina donated her kidney to her mother in 2011. Now, both woman find themselves connecting with dialysis patients on a daily basis at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange County, where they both work side-by-side.
Tina became the kidney transplant coordinator in January, while Juliet works as a dialysis nurse where she helps pediatric patients, encouraging them and reminding them that she was once there too. She has thank you cards from her patients expressing gratitude for her confidence and strength, but Juliet says all her strength comes from her daughter.
“She’s my inspiration; she gives me strength everyday,” Juliet says of her daughter. “I know, because of her, I have to take good care of the kidney that she gave me.”
Juliet says she has two birthdays now. The day she was born 63 years ago and the day her daughter gave her a kidney.
Right now, there are about 18,000 people waiting for kidney transplants just in CALIFORNIA where the wait for a donor is 8-10 Years. If you are interested in becoming a kidney donor, click here: https://www.kidney.org
By: NBC Palm Springs
July 16, 2018
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