Stranger donates kidney to Sudbury toddler
The donor who gave a Sudbury toddler her kidney is sharing her story.
'I can't save them all and I want to'
The donor who gave a Sudbury toddler her kidney is sharing her story.
Michelle MacKinnon of Niagara Falls said she felt a strong connect to Taylum Lamoureux when she read about him on Facebook.
"At first I started to cry because it was another child who was in kidney failure who needed a kidney," she said. "I can't save them all and I want to."
Lamoureux was born with polycystic kidney disease and had been waiting for a kidney transplant for two years at the time MacKinnon reached out to his family to donate her kidney.
MacKinnon's own son needed a kidney transplant, but he died before the surgery.
It has been one month since Taylum Lamoureux had his transplant. His mother Desiree said he is doing well.
Listen to Michelle MacKinnon and Desiree Taylum Lamoureux's interview with CBC Up North host Jason Turnbull: 
Michelle MacKinnon got in touch with the Lamoureux family after seeing a post on Facebook looking for a donor and now the surgery is complete.