Pastor donates kidney to churchgoer’s granddaughter in rare match

IRVING, Texas (KTVT) – A Texas pastor is displaying what it actually means to like thy neighbor by donating his kidney to considered one of his churchgoers’ granddaughters.

For Shane Webb, it was a journey that began six years in the past. The pastor was working at a church in Mount Nice when a deep want arose from inside.

“I heard a presentation in regards to the want for kidney donation, and it actually set off one thing in my coronary heart,” Webb stated.

The pastor says that feeling by no means went away, even after transferring to Irving, the place he works at Woodhaven Presbyterian Church. In actual fact, it nagged at him.

“Didn’t suppose I might take off that a lot time, and I didn’t have anybody that I knew that wanted one,” Webb stated.

However destiny had its personal plans. Unexpectedly, at a church occasion, a member of Webb’s congregation instructed him her granddaughter, Claudia Hagman, wanted a kidney transplant. It was a narrative that might change each of their lives endlessly.

“She…instructed me the story about her granddaughter that actually wanted this transplant, and I stated, ‘Nicely, she will have considered one of mine,’” Webb stated.

However donating is simpler stated than performed. The percentages of a complete stranger being an ideal match with a selected kidney affected person are about 1 in 100,000, in accordance with UC Davis Well being.

With such lengthy odds, it might appear virtually too good to be true, however Webb and Hagman have been a match.

“You’re a match with a whole stranger, you realize. What’s the chance of that?” Webb stated.

Hagman has battled kidney issues for over a decade and went on dialysis in 2021 at simply 25 years previous. Her life was endlessly modified by the Might transplant.

“I’ve been capable of go on hikes and do issues and go see my pals spur of the second and never be afraid of my very own physique,” Hagman stated.

Although uncommon, Webb believes their story was destined to unfold exactly because it did.

“Unbelievable as a result of, for me, that was type of the reply. Like, ‘Hey, that is the proper time. That is the proper particular person.’ Jesus says when you have two coats, give one to the person who wants one, and I believed that utilized to my organs, too.”