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Kidneys make Oklahoma boys blood brothers

 
BY SUSAN SIMPSON | Published: January 6, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Ashton Owens of Pauls Valley and Brandon Harmon of Duncan only met nine days ago, but they already call each other brother.

photo - Brandon Harmon, 12, left, and Ashton Owens, 7, say they feel like brothers now because each received a kidney from the same donor. They are wearing masks to protect their immune systems. PHOTO BY DAVID MCDANIEL, THE OKLAHOMAN
Brandon Harmon, 12, left, and Ashton Owens, 7, say they feel like brothers now because each received a kidney from the same donor. They are wearing masks to protect their immune systems. PHOTO BY DAVID MCDANIEL, THE OKLAHOMAN

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They are united by blood now, each having received a kidney donated by the family of another Oklahoma boy who died on Christmas Day.

Ashton and Brandon’s parents got the calls about donor kidneys in the early hours of Dec. 26.

Despite the ice and snow clogging roadways, could the boys make it to OU Medical Center for lifesaving transplants?

Both families said they could make it, and hours later the boys were being evaluated for surgery.

"It was a very happy and yet sad occasion at the same time,” said Dr. Puneet Sindhwani, the surgeon who performed the back-to-back transplants Dec. 27.

While one family grieved, two more clutched hope that their sons would survive.

Ashton, 7, has a form of kidney disease called focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis, and Brandon, 12, has dysplastic — or malformed — kidneys.

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