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BEST FRIEND?
ONE LOCAL WOMAN AT HER BEST
FRIEND AT WORK AND HAD A
CONNECTION RIGHT AWAY AS YOU'RE
ABOUT TO FIND OUT IN TONIGHT'S
MAKING A DIFFERENCE REPORT, IT
TURNS OUT THEY WERE A MATCH IN
MORE WAYS THAN ONE JUST WHEN IT
SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE WALKING IN
CIRCLES SOMETIMES A FRIEND CAN
POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
BYE BYE.
I THINK WE HAD AN INSTANT
CONNECTION.
CAROL PATRYLO ON THE RIGHT SAYS
HER FRIEND CINDY MUELLER SAVED
HER LIFE AND SHE ISN'T
EXAGGERATING.
THEY MET WHEN THEY WERE BOTH
WORKING AS AIDES IN THE
LINDBERGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS SWEET AND
JUST LOVING AND SHE THOUGHT I
WAS NUTS AND THAT MADE HER
LAUGH AND I AM CRAZIER THAN A
LUNATIC.
BUT CAROL WORLD WAS SHATTERED
INTO LITTLE PIECES WHEN HER 19
YEAR OLD SON TODD WAS KILLED BY
A DRUNK DRIVER IN JUNE OF 2000
.
HER ONLY COMFORT WAS THAT TODD
WAS AN ORGAN DONOR AND HELPED
TO SAVE OTHER LIVES THREE WEEKS
BEFORE HE DIED HE WAS DOING
CHRISTIAN OUTREACH AND
AN ORPHANAGE IN CINCINNATI IN
MEXICO.
CINDY WAS SO SUPPORTIVE AND
HELPED ME GET THROUGH THIS BUT
NO ONE REALLY GETS THROUGH
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THE
LIGHT INSIDE OF HER HAD GONE
OUT.
I WATCHED THIS WOMAN LOSE HER
WILL TO LIVE.
THERE WERE TIMES AND I GO TO
HER HOUSE AND GET HER DRESS AND
DRAG HER TO WORK JUST SO I KNEW
SHE WOULDN'T LAY IN HER BED ALL
DAY.
SOON HER HEART WASN'T THE ONLY
ORGAN THAT WAS BROKEN.
AFTER YEARS OF NOT TAKING CARE
OF HERSELF, CAROLE WENT ON TO
STAGE FIVE KIDNEY FAILURE AND
HER DOCTOR HAD TO PUT HER ON
DIALYSIS.
THE PROBLEM WITH DIALYSIS IS
EVERY YEAR ON DIALYSIS YOUR
RISK OF DYING GOES COLOR.
I KNOW HER BEST OPTION WAS A
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.
THIS WAS OUR FIRST PICTURE
AFTER AND SO HER BEST FRIEND
GOT TESTED TO SEE IF SHE WAS A
MATCH.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
IT.
IT WAS INSTANT THING.
MY BEST FRIEND NEEDS A KIDNEY
ALMOST MIRACULOUSLY SHE WAS A
MATCH BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
CINDY WAS OVERWEIGHT AND
PREDIABETIC AND I SAID WHILE
I'M ON A JOURNEY AND I'M LOSING
WEIGHT SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN WITH DIET AND
EXERCISE.
CINDY LOST 54 POUNDS AND THEN
LOST HER KIDNEY.
LAST MONTH DOCTORS AT ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PERFORMED A
SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANT SURGERY.
IT'S EXTREMELY WARNING FOR US.
I MEAN THAT THAT'S WHY WE WENT
INTO THIS FIELD.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
IT'S JUST REWARDING.
CINDY CALLS A WIN WIN SO IN
GIVING HER THE GIFT OF LIFE I
WAS ALSO ABLE TO GIVE MYSELF A
GIFT OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, A
GOOD FRIEND CAN BE MEDICINE FOR
LIFE.
I LOVE YOU AND CAROL IS
PROMISING TO MAKE THE MOST
OF HER SECOND CHANCE.
I KNOW I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD ON
THIS.
ONE THING SEEMS CLEAR FOR THE
REST OF THEIR JOURNEY.
NEITHER OF THESE WOMEN WILL
EVER WALK ALONE.
I'VE GOT A LOT TO LIVE FOR AND
SO BLESSED TO HAVE A FRIEND
LIKE CINDY.
CINDY IS NO DOUBT A HERO AND
LIVING DONORS OFFER THE BEST
OUTCOME IN A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
SOMETHING AND KNOWS ALL ABOUT
AS SHE CELEBRATES HER KIDNEY
TRANSPLANT ANNIVERSARY.
IT'S TODAY HERE FOR FOUR YEARS
AGO TODAY I WAS IN THE SAME
POSITION CINDY AND CAROL WITH
MY VERY GOOD FRIEND MIKE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO CINDY AND
CAROL AND I'M SURE THAT SHE IS
ALREADY FEELING BETTER.
BUT YES, PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE
AN ORGAN DONOR.
ONE PERSON CAN SAVE UP TO EIGHT
LIVES AND IF YOU WANT TO BE A
LIVING KIDNEY DONOR I'VE TALKED
TO THE DOCTORS ABOUT THIS AT
LENGTH OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
YOU DO NOT REDUCE YOUR LIFESPAN
BY DONATING A KIDNEY.
WE HAVE TO SHARE YOUR SPARE AND
I COULD GO ON