TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER. YOU’RE WATCHING WKMG GETTING RESULTS AT 09:00AM.
>> BRIDGETT: WHEN YOU’RE IN
THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT
TIME FOR SOMEONE IN CRISIS,
IT’S OFTEN CALLED A MIRACLE IN
4 YEARS AGO, YOUNG BLOOD DONOR
DECIDED HE WANTED TO STEP
THINGS UP A BIT AND DONATE HIS
ORGANS ANONYMOUSLY, NOT ONCE
BUT TWICE. TALK TO THAT RARE
DOUBLE LIVING ORGAN DONOR AND
ONE OF HIS TRANSPLANT
RECIPIENTS ABOUT THE AMAZING
CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT LED TO A
LIFE CHANGING MIRACLE.
>> AN ANGEL. HE’S A REAL-LIFE
ANGEL. IN 2019, NEWLYWEDS
SCOTT AND KATIE FREEMAN WERE
ON THEIR HONEYMOON IN CABO SAN
LUCAS, MEXICO WHEN THEY MET
TYLER ROSE. IT THEY SOON
DISCOVERED SEVERAL
CONNECTIONS. THEY WERE BOTH
FROM CANADA AND IT JUST SO
HAPPENED. ONE OF SCOTT’S
CO-WORKERS WAS ALSO TYLER’S
MENTOR FOR HIS UPCOMING LIVER
DONATION. THAT WAS OUR FIRST
LIKE MINDBLOWING. WELL, WE
WERE MEANT TO ME.
>> LATER, ANOTHER SURPRISE.
MOST OF THEM, KATIE’S PARENTS
IN TYLER’S MOM AND ACTUALLY
BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS. WE
DECIDED, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE AN
AMAZING PERSON. WE WANT TO
KEEP ENTICE THAT SAME YEAR
AFTER RETURNING FROM MEXICO,
TYLER SUCCESSFULLY DONATED 70%
OF HIS LIVER TO AN ANONYMOUS
RECIPIENT.
>> BRIDGETT: 2 YEARS LATER, IT
WAS THE FREEMANS WHO WOULD
NEED HELM.
>> AFTER THE PREMATURE BIRTH
OF THEIR DAUGHTER PALMER,
KATIE DEVELOPED A RARE OFTEN
FATAL EMBOLISM. MULTIPLE
ORGANS FAILED AND KATIES
KIDNEYS NEVER RECOVERED. SHE
WAS PUT ON DIALYSIS AND A WAIT
LIST FOR A TRANSPLANT. DOCTORS
SAID IT WOULD TAKE 2 TO 3
YEARS TO FIND A MATCH THAT HE
SAID TO MY HUSBAND THAT WE
NEED TO CAST AS BIG OF AN AS
POSSIBLE MY MULTIPLE BLOOD
TRANSFUSIONS ALONG WITH
PREGNANCY, OF CARS, YOUR
ANTIBODY COUNT TO QUITE HIGH.
AND DIFFICULT TO FIND A MATCH
IN HOPES OF SPEEDING THINGS
UP. SCOTT MADE A FACEBOOK PAGE
ABOUT KATIE’S DESPERATE NEED
TO FIND A MATCHING DONOR. AS
SOON AS TYLER SAW THE PAGE, HE
REACHED OUT REMEMBER WHERE I I
WAS IN ICU.
>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE
HALF AN BREAKS IN THE LUNCH
ROOM AND I CALLED HIM. HE SAID
YOU NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE
THIS. BUT I SIGNED UP 30 DAYS
AGO TO DONATE MY KIDNEY
ANONYMOUSLY IN. I’D LIKE TO
TRYING.
>> MAKE THIS FROM ANONYMOUS
DONATION TO DIRECT A DONATION
TO KATIE TO SCOTT.
>> WE WERE MEANT TO MEET FOR
WHATEVER REASON THIS IS GOING
TO WORK. I HAVE SUCH A GUT
FEELING ABOUT IT WITH TYLER
ALREADY REGISTERED AS A DONOR.
HIS DATA WAS FAST TRACKED
AFTER MONTHS OF TESTING.
AMAZING NEWS. HIS KIDNEY WOULD
BE A PERFECT MATCH. ALL.
>> LEVELS KNOW ANTI-BODY
REJECTIONS. SO
>> IT WAS PRETTY MIRACULOUS.
MIRACULOUS IS PROBABLY THE
BEST EALING. SO
>> CANDACE: AFTER 11 MONTHS ON
DIALYSIS AND PANDEMIC-RELATED
SCHEDULING DELAYS. THE SURGERY
WAS FINALLY SET FOR JULY 2022,
I WAS SCHEDULED TO BE ON
DIALYSIS ON MY DAUGHTER’S
BIRTHDAY. I DROVE THEM CRAZY.
I SAID I BETTER BE DIALYSIS BY
MY DAUGHTER’S BIRTHDAY. I’M
GETTING EMOTIONAL. BUT I WAS
DIALYSIS AND RECOVERED ABLE TO
ENJOY. GOT FIRST DAY AND
HEATHER WAS THERE TO ENJOY IT
WITH OUT. IT WAS THAT IN SPITE
SPECIAL WITH HIS RIGHT KIDNEY
TO KATIE AND HIS PREVIOUS
LIVER DONATION TO AN ANONYMOUS
RECIPIENT, TYLER BECAME A RARE
TO TIME LIVING ORGAN DONOR.
>> THERE ARE ONLY AN ESTIMATED
10 ANONYMOUS DOUBLE LIVING
ORGAN DONORS IN CANADA AND
ABOUT 50 IN THE U.S.. HE SAYS
THE GIFTS FAR OUTWEIGH WHAT HE
WENT THROUGH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF LIFE.
WHAT IS A MONTH OF DISCOMFORT?
>> FOR FOR ME KNOWING THAT I’M
ABLE TO DIRECTLY SOME BUDDIES
CHANCE OF LIFE OR IMPROVE
THEIR LIFE I THINK IT’S.
>> THE GIFT THAT YOU CAN’T
COMPARE TO ANYTHING TODAY,
KATIE AND LITTLE PALMER ARE
THRIVING, SURROUNDED BY LOVED
ONES. THEY JUST CELEBRATED
PALMER SECOND BIRTHDAY TIME.
KATIE SAYS WILL ALWAYS
COMMEMORATE THEIR COLLECTIVE
TRIUMPH OVER TRIALS. I
APPRECIATE MYSELF MORE. I
APPRECIATE LIFE MORE
APPRECIATE STRANGERS MORE.
THERE’S JUST A WHOLE NEW
APPRECIATION OF LIFE.
>> BRIDGETT: IT IS JUST STORY
IN A SHOW, GRATITUDE BECAUSE
HE REALLY IS LIKE FAMILY SKY
CAVE ASKED TYLER TO BE
PALMER’S GODFATHER YOU GUYS,
THIS IS JUST LIKE ONE OF THOSE
AMAZING STORY. SO MANY THINGS
THAT HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY
THAT SHOWED IT WAS MEANT TO
BE. IT’S INCREDIBLE AND
HEARING FROM TYLER. IT SHOWS
THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT BEING A LIVING
DONOR THAT YOU THINK THAT IT’S
JUST, YOU KNOW, A PROCESS THAT
YOU JUST COULDN’T ENDURE IT.
AND HE SHOWS THAT REALLY, YOU
KNOW, IT’S MANAGEABLE. DOABLE
AND IT’S WORTH IT IF YOU CAN
DO IT. YES, DEFINITELY. I JUST
THE WAY THAT EVERYTHING JUST
WORKED OUT THE WAY, YOU KNOW
THAT IT JUST AMAZING. AND YOU
THIS IS A STORY THAT YOU’VE
BEEN WORKING ON. SO RIGHT, IT
WAS A STORY THAT THAT TOUCHED
YOU. IT DID. AND TYLER HAVE
BEEN VERY PRIVATE ABOUT IT.
AND THEN RECENTLY DECIDED TO
DO A LITTLE BIT MORE
ADVOCATING ABOUT IT. SO I
ASKED HIM, WOULD YOU BE
WILLING TO SHARE THE STORY?
AND HE WAS IN KATIE AND SCOTT
GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO DO THE
ZOOM CALL AS WELL. SO IT’S
JUST A WONDERFUL THING TO BE
ABLE TO SHARE SHOW PEOPLE THIS
IS POSSIBLE AND MIRACLES ARE
STILL HAPPENING IN.
>> SO TYLER IS NOT ON THAT
TOMORROW. PLUS, AN INTERVIEW
WITH A LOCAL TRANSPLANT
SURGEON FROM THE ADVENTHEALTH
TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE HERE IN
ORLANDO TO TALK ABOUT WHY IT’S
EASIER THAN EVER TO BE A
LIVING DONOR AND GET BACK TO