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Family’s prayer is for a new kidney
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fbgstandard01, on December 26, 2019
Family’s prayer is for a new kidney

All this woman wants for Christmas is a new kidney. Jessica Contreras, who turns 36 on Dec. 26, has suffered from Stage 5 kidney failure since April 2016. “When diagnosed, I immediately thought I was going to die,” Contreras said. Her Glomerular filtration rate (the test used to check how well

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