Former Convict Donates Kidney To Stranger, Good Feelings Ensue
A young mother in Great Britain is alive today thanks to a response to an advertisement she posted in her local newspaper for a kidney. Sally-Anne Grainger has 33-year-old Wesley Joyce to thank for her new lease on life. The former criminal says he chose to go forward with the risky donation to make amends for all the wrong he’s done.
Miss Grainger, who is still recovering at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after the operation on Friday, is overjoyed she will now have the chance to see her daughters Kelsey, 14, and Megan, 10, grow up. The 34-year-old, from Warndon in Worcestershire, told the BBC: “I have no words to describe my gratitude. I’m just so overwhelmed that a stranger has come forward to donate his kidney. I didn’t expect it to happen, it only happens in movies.”
Certainly Grainger’s life was saved thanks to the donation by the kind stranger, but Joyce says the act of kindness is a way for him to be reborn as well.
Click here for reuse options!Explaining his decision to help Miss Grainger, Mr Joyce, a father-of-four from Worcester, said: “I looked at her story and it got to me a bit. I looked at her children and I could not imagine the mums of my children not being there for them. I thought: ‘I need to change my life a little bit’, as I’ve not been a good boy all my life. I’ve done good things and bad things, but I thought, let’s do good from now on. This is a good place to start. Let’s save someone’s life.”
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By: Mark Quincy Adams
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12 responses to Former Convict Donates Kidney To Stranger, Good Feelings Ensue
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Anomaly 100 October 11th, 2014 at 21:07
This is such an amazing story.
Anomaly 100 October 11th, 2014 at 21:07
This is such an amazing story.
tiredoftea October 11th, 2014 at 21:11
A very nice story and I hope they both stay healthy and prosper from this.
tiredoftea October 11th, 2014 at 21:11
A very nice story and I hope they both stay healthy and prosper from this.
tracey marie October 11th, 2014 at 22:02
Good for him, and lucky for her.
rg9rts October 13th, 2014 at 09:14
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tracey marie October 11th, 2014 at 22:02
Good for him, and lucky for her.
rg9rts October 13th, 2014 at 09:14
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Pat Padrnos October 12th, 2014 at 11:14
Love this story.
Pat Padrnos October 12th, 2014 at 11:14
Love this story.
rg9rts October 13th, 2014 at 09:13
An argument for rehabilitation??? Good for him… I like to start off the week with a good news story
rg9rts October 13th, 2014 at 09:13
An argument for rehabilitation??? Good for him… I like to start off the week with a good news story