OAK HARBOR, Wash. -- It's not the kind-of secret one would expect from a candidate. Scott Dudley waited until after he was elected mayor of Oak Harbor to admit he was donating his kidney to a stranger.
"We were not doing this for votes or any political reason," Dudley said.
His reasons were much more personal: his family has a history of polycystic kidney disease. It claimed his grandmother's life when Dudley was an infant. His aunt Myrna also died, despite receiving a kidney from another relative. His uncle also had the disease and lived a longer life thanks to a donated kidney.
"I've seen it firsthand," Dudley said. "I've seen the impact it has had on others' lives."
While attending a Rotary meeting in Canada, he heard from Keesha Rosario, whose 37-year-old husband Philip was battling the same disease and needed of a kidney.
"I took her aside after the meeting and said, 'OK, how do we make this happen?'" Dudley said.
Dudley has made trips to Vancouver for tests to make sure he is a good match. He has yet to meet Philip Rosario, but the two recently exchanged messages online.
"He thinks I'm a hero," Dudley said. "In this case I'm just in the right place at the right time."
If all goes as planned, the transplant will take place in Vancouver next June. Dudley will miss a few weeks at his new job but plans to do as much work as possible on his laptop and phone.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45794174/ns/local_news-seattle_wa/
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