The past year has been a whirlwind for Ashley McIntyre and Danny Robinson -- a kidney donor and kidney transplant patient, respectively, who started the year as strangers and finished it as fiancés.
Ashley first heard about Danny from her mom, who had learned about his tragic story on a local Louisville, Kentucky radio show. Danny was a 25-year-old electrician working full-time while undergoing 12 hours of dialysis a week to manage an inflammatory kidney disease called IgA nephropathy. He needed a transplant, but none of his family members were a match.

"He lost his father to brain cancer in 2012 and their house burnt down on Christmas Day in 2011," Ashley told The Huffington Post. "It was just one thing after the other. Hearing all of that and knowing he was only 25 was a lot for anybody."
When asked what compelled her to make such a sacrifice for a stranger, she simply said,

"I took the whole process very seriously -- I did my research and everything. But to me, as long as the doctor said I was fine and I was going to be fine and that it would work for Danny, it was like, why not give up a kidney to
someone who needs it?"

Ashley and Danny were a match throughout each step of the pre-transplant testing. She told HuffPost Weddings that she had been adamant about not meeting Danny and his family until the surgery seemed like a sure thing; up until that point, she had been primarily corresponding with his mom. So in March 2014, they finally met face-to-face with their families at The Cheesecake Factory.
"I was extremely nervous -- over-the-top nervous," Ashley said of their first encounter.

"But as soon as we sat down and started talking, it was like immediately I just felt like I had known him forever. Everything his mom had told me up until that point was true -- about him being a truly good human being, just a good person all the way around. My dad was very taken aback about how put together he was. He said he could tell he was a genuine person."

On April 17, 2014, Ashley and Danny went in for surgery at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington. Both procedures were successful -- the transplant surgeon told The Courier-Journal that there were no complications in either operation.

But it wasn't until after the transplant that Ashley and Danny's bond turned into a romantic one. Ashley cites a Memorial Day Weekend barbecue as the turning point in their relationship.

"It was really clear early on that this was 'it,'" she told The Courier-Journal.
On Christmas Day 2014, Danny proposed to Ashley in front of his family. She said 'yes,' and the pair is expecting their first child together -- a baby girl they've named Berkli -- in June.

"It still doesn't register to me," Ashley said about the crazy year they've had. "Before all of this [attention], we don't really think about our situation. We just live our daily lives. So to relive it all is kind of surreal, but it's awesome."

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Good for them...

Which of you NL ladies can donate your kidney to your Boyfriend?

Maamin:
Which of you NL ladies can donate your kidney to your Boyfriend?

chai! when there is love sha lol


what if after donating he dumps her!!


its all for love sha lols

Nairaland babes, babes of nairaland....

How many times did I call you girls? LEARN!!!

Maamin:
Which of you NL ladies can donate your kidney to your Boyfriend?

Many

The question should be how many NL boyfriends can donate to their girlfriends.

I see nothing but true love on the lady heart. The guy will be the greatest fool, if he does anything to hurt the one who once save her from the mess he would hav entered.

mirexxx:
chai! when there is love sha lol


what if after donating he dumps her!!


its all for love sha lols

Hahahaha...imagine him bleeping another girl with your kidney.

miraclewonder:


Many

The question should be how many NL boyfriends can donate to their girlfriends.

Lol...I can do that, but is just that..i might end up taking my kidney back with a knife if she dares try to leave me..

Maamin:


Hahahaha...imagine him bleeping another girl with your kidney.

lolz

Maamin:


Lol...I can do that, but is just that..i might end up taking my kidney back with a knife if she dares try to leave me..

Lol. Nl babes are not like that naa. They will love you forever.

miraclewonder:


Lol. Nl babes are not like that naa. They will love you forever.

My dear speak for yourself O!

a clear case of wat God has joined together

Maamin:


Hahahaha...imagine him bleeping another girl with your kidney.

And she go collect her kidney back.. Lobatan
Moreso this kind tin no go fit happen for naija, i no fit allow my sister sef coz after a year him fit talk say him pastor say dem no sey compatible.. Kidney eyaf gone

ligopedro:

And she go collect her kidney back.. Lobatan
Moreso this kind tin no go fit happen for naija, i no fit allow my sister sef coz after a year him fit talk say him pastor say dem no sey compatible.. Kidney eyaf gone

na to tell am say pastor say make u collect ur kidney back na

This is the definition of true love!





Somebody please get me a handkerchief! ;( ;( ;(

This life z all bout GIVE N TAKE

I can't do it, except its for my mum

I was soo confident this didn't happen in Nigeria before opening this thread.

Such kind of lady cannot be seen here in Nigeria, NEVA!

Hmmm

.....in life u don't chose who u love

True definition of selflessness......The truth is that there are people Like this everywhere, even in Nigeria ,although they are very rare. Sometimes it might be that the most underated person who might poses this quality instead of the overzealous religious fanatic.

People are awesome..

Maamin:
Which of you NL ladies can donate your kidney to your Boyfriend?

I can

Sugarpeaches:


I can

Easier said than done

Na dere p b dat

Easier said than done [/quote]

Try me!

Naija girls ... Oyo