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Weymouth Worker Surprised By Kidney Donation
Dr. Jeanne Ficociello has been living with a genetic kidney disease since she was a freshman at Harvard in 1998.
WEYMOUTH, MA — A veterinarian at VCA South Shore Animal Hospital who was in need of a kidney transplant received quite a surprise last week.
Dr. Jeanne Ficociello has been living with a genetic kidney disease since she was a freshman at Harvard in 1998 and turned to social media in 2016 for a kidney donor. The search ended Valentine’s Day when her coworker Katlyne Velasquez told her through a card that she would be the donor.
Velasquez told WHDH that she's donating her kidney because doing nice things makes her happy.
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Ficociello said no Valentine’s Day gift would ever top her most recent gift.
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