Synopsis:
Just before Christmas, 21-year-old Briana Mathis donated one of her kidneys to someone she didn’t know – Tracey Kane, 54. Briana chose to donate her kidney so her mom Tangie Price, who was on dialysis three times a week, could receive a kidney from someone she didn’t know – Tracy’s brother, Tom Oliver.

A paired kidney exchange, also called “kidney swap,” occurs when a willing donor is incompatible with the recipient, so they exchange kidneys with another donor/recipient pair. Both donors went home the day after surgery; both recipients went home on Christmas Day with the best present of all – restored health and a new kidney!

Producer Challenge: We shot and edited this over the Christmas holiday so it could post two days after Christmas.