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| Johnny Parker, 14, is desperate to find a kidney donor for his dad.(Photo: Maureen Gilmer/IndyStar) |
Johnny Parker can be forgiven for caring about just one of them.
"My dad needs a kidney."
That's how his email plea to me began. Those five words were enough to grab my attention. So I called him.
Johnny is 14 and an eighth-grader at St. Susanna Catholic School in Plainfield. He loves wrestling and football — a lot, he says.
He loves his father more.
John Parker Sr. is 45 and desperately ill. Born with kidney disease, he had his first transplant 14 years ago. Now, that kidney is rapidly failing, and Parker is one year into lifesaving, but also life-changing, dialysis treatment. Three days a week, he rises at 4 a.m. and heads to the hospital in Danville for the four-hour blood-cleansing procedure. Continue reading
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