Kidney Transplant Press Conference A Perfect Match Facebook Live

When Monica and Cesar met 23 years ago, they fell in love and became a perfect match. Their love for each other became Monica’s life-saving grace, when Cesar donated his kidney to his devoted wife, making it the first kidney transplant for the new Memorial Transplant Institute. The couple is celebrating their 23rd wedding anniversary this week. The transplant team completed the five-hour procedure on February 19, a successful milestone for the new adult and pediatric transplant program providing South Florida residents greater access to quality kidney and heart transplant care. “This is an amazing gift,” said Monica, shortly before going home four days after the surgery. “God put this man in my life for a reason. He saved my life.”