A Saskatoon woman who advertised for a kidney donation has received one from a stranger in the same city. Although the surgery has yet to be performed, Debbie Onishenko believes the donation will save her life.
She said she has needed a new kidney for years.
“I’ve been a diabetic my whole life, and diabetes gets all your organs eventually. It got my heart first and I had bypass surgery many years ago. Then my kidneys started to go,” Onishenko said in an interview.
“I’ve had kidney disease for quite a long time, probably 15 to 20 years now, but it was very slow progress, and I just kept trying to keep myself as healthy as possible and stable as possible. But it’s gotten down to about nine percent [kidney function] left.”…