A Massachusetts woman with advanced kidney failure will receive a kidney transplant next month thanks to a stranger she met in a Target parking lot. Gail Weisberg has suffered from kidney disease her entire life. The 66-year-old Hudson woman has been on the transplant list for over two years and each night she spends ten hours connected to an at-home dialysis machine. She was waiting for a curbside pick-up at Target last year when a woman approached her car and knocked on the window.
Debbie Munley was leaving Target when she noticed a sign on Weisbergâs car that read, âWanna be an angel for an angel? BF needs a kidney.â Weisbergâs friend had made dozens of the signs hoping to find a living kidney donor for her friend. âI happened to see that sign. And Iâm like, âBest friend needs a kidney.ââ Munley says. âAnd Iâm like, âHmm, I can do that.â I thought twice about it, like, âIs it crazy? Am I nuts?ââ The women chatted and exchanged numbers. Then Munley got tested and she was a perfect match for Weisberg.
The transplant surgery is scheduled for February 15th and the new friends are going to ride to the hospital together in a limo. âFor me, itâs just knowing that I helped a stranger,â Munley says. âI want to pass it along. I want to let people know that you can do this.â And Weisberg is beyond grateful for the life-saving gesture and she knows theyâre going to be friends forever. âI canât even express what gratitude I can give to Debbie, because this is really saving my life,â Weisberg says. âCertainly, weâll be in each otherâs lives for our whole life. And Iâll have a part of her with me.â