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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another important fact:

“Dawn had hoped all along that a member of her recipient's family would also donate a kidney (that did not match with their loved one) to another stranger. Sure enough, inspired by her extraordinary act of kindness, the recipient's wife donated the gift of life to a young mother in Oregon the same day as Dawn's procedure.“

https://www.nba.com/lakers/laker-for-a-day

Also, apparently Dawn’s original letter was not for the recipient, but the potential person at the end of the donation chain, which really changed how the letter itself is interpreted. [/quote]

Wow- there is even more to it:

“ An avid Los Angeles Lakers fan, Brian always watched the team’s social media feeds. He was casually scrolling his Facebook page when he saw a video about a woman named Dawn Dorland Perry, who was being recognized as a Laker for a Day in February 2017 by the team and its health partner, UCLA Health, for donating her kidney to a stranger.

As it turned out, she and Brian’s dad shared the same surgical team at UCLA.

“This was my final sign, my tipping point, my inspiration,” Brian recalled. “It felt like a calling to me.”

With his mind made up, Brian contacted the UCLA kidney transplant program and began the donor evaluation process.

Even if he was not a match, Brian was determined to donate his organ as part of a kidney chain at UCLA. A chain is where donors who don’t match with a loved one give their kidney to someone else. In turn, it helps their loved one get a kidney from another donor in the chain.

After the donor evaluation, the family learned that the father and son were a match.

On Aug. 9, 2017, the team removed Brian’s kidney and immediately transplanted it into Dana, who lives in Los Alamitos, California. The healthy, pink kidney started working immediately.

“Dana’s transplanted kidney functioned beautifully,” said Dr. Jeffrey Veale, director of the UCLA Kidney Exchange Program. ”Brian did something really big for his dad.”

Months later, that Lakers connection with Dawn’s video was still on Brian’s mind.

He emailed the Lakers to tell them how her story affected his family. And he wrote that he wanted to nominate his dad, a lifelong Lakers fan, to be a Laker for A Day to help raise awareness of the need for organ donation.

When he heard back, it was an invitation for the father and son to both be honored as Lakers for a Day. And, they would be featured in their own social media video, like Dawn Dorland Perry, who they eventually met during the taping of the video.

“Meeting Brian and his dad was so gratifying,” Perry said. “When I went through the process, I did not count on how powerful the gesture would be.” [/quote]

I mean, wow.  hate on Dawn all you want, but look what she did/inspired!  Sonya is a stone cold loser by comparison.[/quote]

Agree. Sonya wrote a very weak short story to make fun of her frenemy. Dawn saved one life directly  and inspired more. Dawn wins. Sonya can console herself over wine with Celeste Ng. Neither of them going on to better things.[/quote]

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