Michael Ferracci of Harrington, Delaware has known his share of bad luck but that has all changed. After being diagnosed with kidney failure and starting dialysis a couple years ago, he recently got married and a kidney transplant. Although a lot of people get married and undergo transplantation, what makes this story so unusual is that he met his wife, Kristy, while he was receiving treatment at the dialysis center where she worked. Not only did she help help treat him while he was on dialysis, but she married him and and helped him get off dialysis by donating her kidney.

Michael was diagnosed with kidney failure over three years ago and was immediately started on dialysis. He lost his full-time job as a salesman because of his illness and he life seemed to take a turn for the worse. However, while on dialysis, he met Kristy, who worked as a dialysis technician or specialist. What started as a professional relation turned into something more. At first they kept their relationship secret but that became hard to do after he proposed and they got married! Not long after becoming man and wife, Kathy wanted to donate her kidney to him. As luck would have it, she was a perfect match and he was successfully transplanted in March. He is currently off dialysis and they both are happy and doing well.

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