I don’t know about you, but I can’t get a stranger’s phone number, let alone a kidney.

donate her kidney to him — as long as she was a viable match. The selfless woman started health screenings and blood tests, and she attended donor meetings. Before she found out if she was a match, she told her friend of her intentions. The man, who was not named in the Grand Forks Herald, had trepidation and reminded her of her family and obligations. Still, Day was not swayed.’ data-reactid=”24″>After meeting him just two hours prior, Day decided to donate her kidney to him — as long as she was a viable match. The selfless woman started health screenings and blood tests, and she attended donor meetings. Before she found out if she was a match, she told her friend of her intentions. The man, who was not named in the Grand Forks Herald, had trepidation and reminded her of her family and obligations. Still, Day was not swayed.

Six months after meeting in a bar, Day was taken to the hospital to donate her kidney.

According to Mary-Beth Miller, the living donor coordinator with Sanford Transplant who coordinated the donation, 21 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant, while another person is added to a waiting list every 10 seconds. Donors, including live donors, are “giving the gift of life,” Miller said.