In 2017, Jim McGee was diagnosed with a kidney(肾) illness, and he was told by the doctors that he could only live about four years. Therefore, he was in bad need of a kidney transplant(移植). However, it was said that 13 people would die every day while waiting for a right kidney with the right blood and tissue types. Jim's wife, Shirley McGee, and some family friends offered but weren't a match.
In order to seek for help, Shirley and her husband wore T-shirts with a sentence "I'm in need of a kidney transplant." whenever they went out but still no luck. Jim lost heart.
In early 2018, Jim didn't feel like attending a reunion of some classmates, saying there was no need to do this. However, Shirley said," Come on. You really need to see your friends. Go, and enjoy yourself." Then, Jim reunited with some old classmates, whom he hadn't seen for nearly 50 years, including Doug Coffman. Jim told them his problem. As life would have it, Doug Coffman, then 70, happened to have the right blood type and immediately decided to help.
After a series of tests, finally, when the doctors gave Doug Coffman the OK to donate, he immediately called Jim, and told him the good news. On September 18, 2018, Doug went into surgery at 7: 30 a. m.; Jim followed at 9: 30 a.m. By noon, they were both in the recovery room. The transplant was a great success.
