With both of his kidneys failing, a Saratoga Springs husband and father of three is getting a new lease on life, thanks to his wife.
"We have a four-year-old girl and then we have one-year-old twins that are boys," Alexi said."Lexi had a lot of friends in the Samoan Ward so she would come to the Samoan ward and go to youth activities," DeeJay said.
With both of his kidneys failing, DeeJay started dialysis. It's something he says made him feel sluggish and tired.Alexi says the night they found out her 23-year-old husband needed a kidney transplant, she applied to be a living donor. Last month, they got a phone call that Alexi was a perfect match to donate one of her kidneys to DeeJay.
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