New Mexico man experiencing kidney failure gets transplant from his wife

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico man experiencing kidney failure was only given a year to live. That is, until he got life changing news. Much to his surprise he had a donor and it was someone close to him.

Lisa and Jeffrey Schnapp still remember the moment they received the terrifying news. “It was 18 months ago. Came to the hospital, the emergency department at UNMH and they said you sir are in kidney failure and they gave me about a year to live,” said Jeffrey.


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Jeffrey was put on the transplant list. His wife Lisa took a test to find out if she was a match. Celina Espinoza, the external affairs director for New Mexico Donor Services, said there are a lot of requirements needed to be a living donor. The most important is that you have the same blood type.

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