UNITED STATES - He has been married for 57 years, and Mr Larry
Swilling, 77, has shown how deep the love for his wife is.
Madam Jimmie Sue was born with one kidney and after a lifetime of
relying on the sole organ, she needs a kidney donation.
But her husband, Mr Swilling, is not a match, nor is anyone in her
family.
And while she waits for a donor, he has taken to the streets of his
hometown in Anderson, South Carolina, to ask strangers if they
would donate a kidney for the love of his life.
"She's my heart," the desperate husband told CBS News about his
quest to find an organ donor for his wife.
She is on a donor list, but the wait is about two or three years
long and that's for a kidney from a deceased donor.
Transplant patients who get kidneys from living donors tend to live
longer. Mr Swilling has been walking around the streets of his
hometown with a signboard which reads "Need Kidney 4 Wife".
His efforts have met with some success.
The Daily Mail reported that "hundreds of people" have called the
number on the sign to volunteer to be tested as a match.
"I'm willing to donate a kidney for your wife," one caller said on
voicemail, CBS News reported.
"We'd love to find out how to be tested," said another.
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So touching !