Two Philadelphia Union season ticket holders are forever bonded through life-saving kidney donation.
In 2020, Ed McCusker was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease and found out he was in kidney failure.McCusker immediately began dialysis and treatment at Penn Medicine and learned that he needed to get on the kidney donation list.
"Kind went from, didn't realize he was sick to all of a sudden we were in the hospital, and his organs were shutting down. And It was just like a whirlwind," said McCusker's wife Shawn."I thought he was going to die. I really did."As a Sons of Ben Member, the Union’s official supporters’ group, McCusker took to their social media pages to share the need for a donor in an effort to expand his luck in finding a match.
"I'm not a religious person, it was the closet thing I've ever had to a spiritual experience. How is it possible that this woman in their 30s and this man in his 50s have a matching kidney, good enough to do a transplant," Buzby said.After the surgery, Buzby wrote McCusker a letter explaining who she was, but the two didn't meet until after the Union and Penn Medicine surprised McCusker by bringing Buzby out to a private Union training session.
"I really don't have words to say. Just thank you. It's made a tremendous impact," said McCusker."I'm going to have another normal, however many years, because Kate has given me her kidney." Philadelphia Union and Penn Medicine captured McCusker and Buzby meeting each other for the first time; you can watch the full video on the
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