緣分就是如此巧妙！美國一家兒童保健中心的IT部門職員Tia Wimbush和Susan Ellis，雖然共事將近10年，但在辦公室裡卻只是點頭之交，沒想到2019年某次在廁所偶遇開啟聊天話題，卻改變了兩個人的人生。
聊天過程中，她們發現雙方的老公都患有腎病，同時也都在等待腎臟移植，而Tia無心地問了一句：「妳老公的血型是什麼？」而Susan回答：「O型。」Tia接著說自己老公的血型是AB型，她們倆互相看著對方，覺得對方很有可能就是自己老公的救命恩人。
兩人接受進一步的血型和抗體測試，結果還真的吻合，宛如奇蹟一般，也順利安排了移植手術。只不過Susan的老公後來打疫苗，發生了血栓的情況因此住院，加上Susan在今年1月確診新冠肺炎必須接受治療，所以腎臟移植手術不得不延後。
直到今年3月終於如期進行手術，所幸4人手術都相當順利，而院內的腎臟疾病權威Christina Klein則表示：「這種情況真的很罕見，我2008年執業以來，幾乎沒看過這種情況。」
Children’s IT Employees Donate Life to Save Each Other’s HusbandWhen Tia and Susan, two colleagues in our IT department, suddenly found their own loved ones in the fight of their lives, the answer to both of their prayers was only a few cubes away. Within the same week, Tia and Susan’s husbands went into renal failure. After months of hospital admissions and routine dialysis, both men were placed on the kidney transplant list. Then a chance encounter at a bathroom sink offered hope: their blood types offered a good chance at being a match for the other’s husband. Fast forward to March 2021: Tia, Susan and their husbands underwent a successful paired kidney exchange transplant.
Yesterday, both women returned to our halls for the first time post-transplant—where they were welcomed “home” with a red carpet, hero’s salute and nary a dry eye from a joyful crowd of adoring colleagues.
由 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 發佈於 2021年5月18日 星期二
此後，兩對夫妻的感情就越來越緊密，甚至有了變成家人的感覺，而Tia和Susan也在5月康復過後重回工作崗位，她們也希望可以用自身的故事鼓勵人們成為器官捐贈者，或至少對身邊的人釋出善意。Tia說：「你可以成為別人的希望，也可以向別人展現出人性最好的一面。」
via washingtonpost
