LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — According to Donate Life, 86% of patients waiting on the national organ transplant list are in need of a kidney.
For one family in Lexington, that need has become personal. At the end of this month, a father will be receiving a kidney from his daughter.
At first, Jim Crouch didn’t want his daughters to get tested.
“I’m supposed to be the protector,” he said, recalling the moment they offered to donate one of their kidneys…