ENCORE: Waukee Man Gives Back After Transplant
In 2006, Ted Cochran received a kidney transplant. Five years later, he's taking his second chance at life and repaying it through his non-profit My Angel Foundation, which educates others about organ donation.
This story about Ted Cochran and My Angel Foundation has been nominated as a Greatest Person of the Day for the Huffington Post. You can find it and other Greatest Person stories from around the country here. Aug. 29, 2006, is the day that Ted Cochran says changed his life. It was on that day, after years of battling the effects of a childhood illness and deteriorating kidney function, that Cochran received a new kidney. His donor? His mother, Carla Cochran, 54, an emergency room nurse. "As a nurse, throughout the years, I knew that the day would come when Ted would need a new kidney," she said. "As a nurse, I also knew how many people were on a waiting list. I know that at that time, there were 260 people on waiting list for a kidney. I …
Beth Dalbey
3:29 pm on Thursday, April 5, 2012
This story touched my heart in many ways. A good friend's husband donated a kidney to her. When she rejected it, her son's mentor stepped in and said he'd give up one of his. They weren't a match, but he did happen to match a complete stranger who also needed a kidney. So two women who didn't know each other are alive today – and not living their lives hooked up to dialysis equipment – ended up … more ›