It’s the ultimate love story of an incredible gift to ensure a couple in a long-lasting committed relationship can enjoy a better quality of life together.
When Chemainus Secondary School teacher, author and yoga instructor Brittany Leonard found out she was a match and could directly help partner Ryan MacDowell with a kidney donation, she didn’t hesitate about the prospects of going through transplant surgery that she saw as benefiting both of them.
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