Man surprises childhood friend with kidney donation: ‘It just made sense to try’

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Jake Bleil was able to keep his kidney donation secret from friend Allison Rees and surprise her with it for Christmas.

Bleil and Rees always knew each other from mutual friends, but it wasn’t until they both attended college in their hometown that they became close. As they spent breaks between classes together, Bleil began understanding how serious Rees’ condition was.

“In her case, the disease technically burns out all her kidneys ... you have only two options,” Dr. Alvin Wee, her transplant surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, told TODAY. “Either you do dialysis, which is not great for people at her age, which is technically very hard for her, or transplantation, which is really the best option.”

Allison Rees wanted to share her story so others understand the importance of organ donation and becoming a living donor. "There's so many people that are on the list that will never get off of the list," she said.Bleil didn’t think he and Rees would be a match. He knew some family members had tried, but they didn’t work out.

“I was like, ‘I do have a living donor in the process of being tested and I don’t know who it is,’ and totally played it off. He was like, ‘Oh my gosh that’s so exciting.’”

 

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TODAYshow And she still ain't giving him none. It's hard out here for a simp

TODAYshow Dude still got friendzoned SMH

TODAYshow Yeah, he traded a kidney for some nice nice he isn’t gonna get

TODAYshow Trying to get out of the friend zone

TODAYshow Really ? Just Ike that

TODAYshow 'Before I give my best friend this organ, how about I give you a different organ?'

TODAYshow Still won't get the VA jaay. And friendzoned

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