Man's search for kidney donor takes a Tulsa (Law) twist (From the Tulsa World)

Friday, August 29, 2008

Ernest Burrus has no kidneys. Until Friday, that is.

The 50-year-old former Broken Arrow mechanic battled serious kidney disease for years, unable to find a suitable donor in his family or anywhere else.

But now the search is over.

About seven months ago, Burrus' wife, Saundra Burrus, signed up for an online donor-matching service. It surveyed people from around the world and matched him with a woman who was sitting in his wife's University of Tulsa law class all the while, she said.

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