Dave Horton was born with a recessive gene that causes kidney disease. When it was determined he needed a kidney transplant, his daughter signed up to be a living donor, and matched.
Dave Horton was born with a recessive gene that causes kidney disease. When it was determined he needed a kidney transplant, his daughter signed up to be a living donor --- and matched.Dave Horton was born with a recessive gene that caused his kidney disease. By the time his diagnosis was determined, he needed a transplant. "We’d known for several years that his kidney function was decreasing," said Kelly Montiville, Horton's daughter.
After extensive medical testing, and a genetic test that showed she did not carry the same gene that caused her father's kidney disease, Montiville was cleared to donate. "Giving a kidney is a gift like no other, especially when the donor is a living donor," Horton said. "They obviously could be using that kidney, but, fortunately, they have a spare."Kidney Transplant Center at St. David's North Austin Medical Center"I took three weeks off work completely," Montiville said. "After three weeks, I went back to the clinic, and then I held off on delivering babies and doing surgery for another three weeks.
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