{"id":65889,"date":"2023-11-06T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/home2\/a-lifesaving-match-made-in-federal-way\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T20:15:00","slug":"a-lifesaving-match-made-in-federal-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/northwest\/a-lifesaving-match-made-in-federal-way\/","title":{"rendered":"A lifesaving match made in Federal Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
As Denise Pac watched her husband’s health decline, she never thought that the answer to saving his life could be inside her.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Dale Pac was on multiple waiting lists for a new kidney, but after two years, he was just getting sicker. The high school sweethearts had taken a blood test in chemistry class 30 years ago and thought there was no way they could be a match, but a hospital visit showed them that Denise Pac was a potential match for a kidney donation. They were told the odds were 1 in 100,000 for a married couple, but decided to try.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
After six months of rigorous testing, they discovered that not only were they a perfect blood and tissue match, but that all this testing had most likely saved Denise’s life as well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“The found a pre-cancerous growth in one of my screenings,” Denise said. “He saved my life too.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
They celebrated their one-year anniversary of their double surgery on November 1.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I have my husband back,” Denise told The Federal Way Mirror newspaper in an interview.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t