Unable To Donate To Her Brother, Elk River Woman Saves Man’s Life With Kidney Donation

From CBS Minnesota:

By John Lauritsen

November 12, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — When Katie Shatusky’s brother Chad received a life-saving kidney, she decided to pay it forward in an inspiring way.

“It wasn’t really up until about two years ago that the doctors said, ‘You know, you got about a year, year and a half,’ which was actually kind of a shock to our family,” Shatusky said.

Her brother had been struggling with polycystic kidney disease for about 20 years, a condition that runs in the family. As time was slipping away, a fellow Elk River firefighter came to his rescue.

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