Transcript: Walls 102 interview: Elliott and Renee Kwiatek on their kidney donor story

Meharry Medical College students Emmanuel Kotey, center, and Teresa Belledent, right, watch as the liver and kidneys are removed from an organ donor June 15, 2023, in Jackson, Tenn. They’re part of a novel pilot program to encourage more Black and other minority doctors-to-be to get involved in the transplant field, increasing the trust of patients of color. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) (Mark Humphrey/AP)

May 08, 2025 at 10:28 am CDT

Dani Holland interviews Elliott and Renee Kwiatek. Renee was a living donor for her husband Elliott for a new kidney. They live in La Salle with their 16-year-old son Merrick and dog Hudson.

For more information about being a living donor, go to kidneyregistry.com.

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