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IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers GIVING OF HERSELF- Rita DiCarlo of Lake Sherwood traveled to Michigan in order to donate a kidney to family friend Phil Pierron of Southfield, Mich. The surgery, she said, is a simple procedure that took less time than it would take to change an alternator on a car. About 70,000 people are waiting for kidney donations, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, including 16,000 in California.
IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers GIVING OF HERSELF- Rita DiCarlo of Lake Sherwood traveled to Michigan in order to donate a kidney to family friend Phil Pierron of Southfield, Mich. The surgery, she said, is a simple procedure that took less time than it would take to change an alternator on a car. About 70,000 people are waiting for kidney donations, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, including 16,000 in California.
