Members of New York's Finest are duty-bound to save the lives of complete strangers. This time, a complete stranger is saving the life of one good cop.
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Alston’s kidney began to fail in 2021. It was her second bout with the perilous condition; in 2009, her original kidney gave up, leaving her to undergo a transplant in May 2010. Now, she spends her days continuing to work as a police officer and eight hours nightly undergoing dialysis. Despite Jackson’s good will, she discovered that her kidney was not a match for Alston, still hope was not lost. The National Kidney Registry operates a unique voucher program that allows an individual to donate an organ and even though they may not be a match for the intended party, once donated, a voucher is issued allowing another person to receive a kidney. Jackson took advantage of this, donating one of her kidneys to the registry so that Alston could receive a voucher.
Now with a voucher that will allow Alston to receive a kidney, her life will be saved thanks to the kindness of a stranger, she will have more years to not only serve Brooklyn as a police officer, but also many more years to spend with her family. While discussing the hardship of living with kidney failure, the police officer become emotional.
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