Thompson resident, Janice Pulak, is doing something she never thought she’d be doing: donating a kidney.

She tells us how she came to the decision after her cousin Mary, was diagnosed with stage 5 kidney disease: “I didn’t think about it at all, it was nothing that I ever thought I would offer to do but in wondering what the person who would come forward, cause it seemed to me somebody had to come forward, I was wondering what it would take of them and it led me to do some research on the living donor program. I realized that I’ve been very fortunate with my health and I’m in a comfortable stage of life, that this was a possibility for me”.

Janice and Mary are undergoing the procedure today in Toronto, which coincidentally falls during Kidney Health Month.