Still strong after 56 years with her sister's kidney

Service Area: Transplant

Laurel and her sister, Peg smiling and holding a birthday cake together.

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Laurel (left )and her sister, Peg. In 1967, when Laurel was 14, she received a kidney from Peg in UW Health's first transplant surgery.

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