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Sarah Mathis has a new life thanks to Facebook and Nicole Dupre who offered on the site to donate her kidney
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Most people use FaceBook to stay connected to friends and family but one South Carolina woman put -- social media site to war to save her mother's life is better than -- in the lottery.
Because I got my life -- Sarah -- this was told she needed a kidney transplant to stay alive in time was up the essence but the mother of two was facing a -- anywhere from three to five years for a kidney from the donor list which is over 100000.
Patients long.
Almost a third -- so.
If you have a long time of the way let's actually passed away so they do down the -- on the waiting list.
With no time to wait her daughter Stephanie went to FaceBook to ask for help that night I spoke to parents and post your -- the type.
And that -- and she needed to keep me on FaceBook.
And it worked just 48 hours later almost 200 miles away in Winston-Salem North Carolina.
A friend before and saw the post and felt obligated to help.
Here's this person has just been put in in my path.
-- desperately needs help and I was able to help her why wouldn't I -- -- new called du pre did not know the Mac -- Stanley but after seeing the post on her friend's wall she says she was meant to be the donor.
Everybody coming odds were against me because -- the same race not the same family but I just I just -- to me she is mind.
She is mind.
You know most of have you -- -- time on Facebook but.
This is a way to use FaceBook for it just -- the site has even started promoting its members to post their organ donor status to their pages.
Any way that you can get out there to try to come.
To find an individual willing to donate to you you should try to do.
First Sarah -- racially didn't care much for FaceBook.
Finding a new kidney -- to change a part I'm not on FaceBook my -- won't get you set out because I'm without it.
Nicole would've seen.
And now she'll only be.
Here and here.
In Charleston, South Carolina Mary Quinn Fox News --
