Shirley Polk and 15 donors of blood for her surgery
Reed Hutchinson/UCLA
Last September, Shirley Polk, whose liver and kidney suddenly failed after she developed acute autoimmune disease, received a transplant of both organs at Reagan UCLA Medical Center. On Jan. 13, at an event arranged by UCLA, she met 15 of the 59 strangers whose blood donations made possible the transplant surgeries that saved her life.
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