A Gift of a Lifesaving Kidney to a Stranger He Met Online; 94 Days to Life.
Patient: Philip Cunningham, a 70 year old husband, father, and grandfather from Scarsdale, New York
Registered on MatchingDonors.com on 11-16-13
Found his donor John W. McNicol in 14 days
Received his transplant within only 94 days of being registered on MatchingDonors.com.
Donor: John W. McNicol, a 50 year old father of 2 boys and grandfather to 3 children from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Hospital: New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Philip was offered a kidney from John within 14 days of registering on MatchingDonors.com. He received the transplant just 94 days after registering on MatchingDonors.com.