A kidney donor drove nearly 18 hours through the recent blizzard to reach Boston in time for a life-saving transplant at Tufts Medical Center.
Colleen Richards, a nurse coordinator for the transplant team at Tufts Medical Center, was uncertain if the kidney transplant would happen. For months, she had Feb. 25 circled on her calendar, marking the day Kelley Nixon was scheduled to donate a kidney to Michelle Wood.
“I think they get the date in their heads. It’s almost like a birthday. It’s a new birthday with their new kidney,” Richards said…