PDA

View Full Version : A friend in deed



NewsWhore
03-03-2008, 01:30 PM
The old adage, "A friend in need, is a friend indeed" was fulfilled last week as two life-long friends shared a hospital room, both recovering from kidney surgery. One friend, Karl Celestin, had just given one of his kidneys to his best friend Ricardo Manier. Manier had suffered from a kidney ailment for the past five years. A premed student, Manier had to suspend his studies because of the illness. Celestin studies medicine in the Dominican Republic, and now Manier hopes to continue doing the same thing. Both young men were classmates in Queens (New York), but had lost contact until they found each other on Facebook, the popular internet networking site.

More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)