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Kidney donation ends couple's separation [Chip needed a kidney and Cindy offered him one of hers]
mercurynews ^ | 05-04-2007 | staff writer

Posted on 05/04/2007 6:40:24 AM PDT by bedolido

ALLENTOWN, Pa.- A couple who grew apart and had agreed to split up were reunited by a life-threatening crisis. After more than 10 years of marriage, Chip and Cindy Altemos agreed about 5 years ago to separate, see other people, and begin divorce proceedings. But when 48-year-old Chip was hospitalized with kidney failure in September, Cindy, 49, offered him one of hers.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: couples; donation; kidney; separation

1 posted on 05/04/2007 6:40:27 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido

reminds me of that 80’s song... “Everytime you go, you take a piece of me with you...”


2 posted on 05/04/2007 8:38:38 AM PDT by KingRonnie9
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To: windcliff

ping


3 posted on 05/04/2007 1:07:59 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (I'm a loner Dottie; a rebel.)
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