Ahead of Thanksgiving, Macon woman shares story of gratitude after husband’s kidney donation
Candice Stephens says she hopes her transplant journey encourages more families to learn about organ donation.
Kidney Transplant (Photo: 41NBC/Bre’Anna Sheffield)MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – This Thanksgiving week, a Macon woman is sharing her story of gratitude after she received a kidney from her husband. Candice Stephens says she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age seven, and after years of mismanaged diabetes and out-of-control blood sugar, her kidneys became damaged. By that point, she was…