Teachers give students all sorts of things—homework, snacks, grades, advice, detention. But the Associated Press reports that one Ohio teacher recently gave a former student something much more critical: a kidney.
During parent-teacher conferences, kindergarten teacher Wendy Killian learned that Nicole Miller needed a kidney donation. Miller’s kidney problems, due to a genetic disorder, had caused her to be tired and frequently miss school.
According to the AP, Killian “was inspired to be a donor because her son needed and received a blood platelet transfusion a few years ago.” Miller’s mother told the AP her daughter, who is now 8 and in 1st grade, had “been excited about the thought of getting a new kidney. The thought of being in the same room with Wendy was really comforting to her.”
The two went into surgery last week and are now recovering.