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In five months, Hugh Macdonald went from needing a kidney to holding the Lombardi Trophy with his son. The father of Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald — whose team defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 — developed kidney disease after battling hypertension for years. The diagnosis came as a surprise to the 76-year-old Army veteran, a 1971 graduate of West Point, after a nephrologist had assured him not to worry about his kidneys
Family of Bemidji Teacher

Bemidji Teacher Donation

Bemidji teacher MacKenzie Burnham recently donated a kidney through Donor Outreach for Veterans, which indirectly saved local veteran Mike Boyd’s life and forged a bond between their families.

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Eric Koluch, a retired Marine, donated a kidney to a fellow retired Marine Dathan O’Dell.

One for the Corps

Eric Koluch hadn’t seen Dathan O’Dell in eight years.

Yet when a curious Facebook post from O’Dell popped up in Koluch’s social media feed in late May 2023, Koluch did not hesitate to respond.

His friend and fellow Marine faced kidney failure and needed a donated kidney.

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