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Gift of Hope: Woman with childhood kidney disease gets donor organ, now paying it forward

Posted at 10:25 PM, Nov 29, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-30 00:25:19-05

SALT LAKE CITY -- Katie Powell Velasco was diagnosed with kidney disease when she was a teenager.

She received a lifesaving kidney transplant, and now she's getting others to sign up as organ donors.

If you'd like to learn more about organ donation, here's a link.