An unexpected chapter in a love story: one couple’s kidney transplant experience
By Ana Gajic
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Kevin and Qwelan were friends for almost 10 years before they started dating.
“Kevin knows how to make sure I’m okay,” Qwelan says. “He knows how to make me happy.”
Their love story took an unexpected turn when Kevin needed a kidney transplant and Qwelan decided to step forward as a donor.
Watch their full story in the video on this page.
Their story is the ninth in a series of patients we’re profiling to celebrate our Kidney Transplant Program’s 50th anniversary. It’s called #MyTXanniversary, and we want to encourage more people to register as organ donors and highlight its patients and staff by sharing stories of their own transplant anniversaries. Past articles:
- ‘Life is not a dress rehearsal’
- ‘A chance to live again’: one patient’s journey to transplant
- ‘I had nothing to lose’: St. Michael’s patient reflects on 42 years with kidney transplant
- A patient’s journey from dialysis at St. Joseph’s to transplant at St. Michael’s
- ‘The Gift’
- One man’s journey made possible by only hospital in Canada to offer rare procedure
- ‘Nothing more meaningful that we can give’: a mom donates her kidney to her son
- Half a century of success for the Kidney Transplant Program
Sign up to be a donor, or check your registration status online today at our donor drive.
About St. Michael’s Hospital
St. Michael’s Hospital provides compassionate care to all who enter its doors. The hospital also provides outstanding medical education to future health care professionals in more than 27 academic disciplines. Critical care and trauma, heart disease, neurosurgery, diabetes, cancer care, care of the homeless and global health are among the Hospital’s recognized areas of expertise. Through the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education Centre, which make up the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, research and education at St. Michael’s Hospital are recognized and make an impact around the world. Founded in 1892, the hospital is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.
About Unity Health Toronto
Unity Health Toronto, comprised of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital, works to advance the health of everyone in our urban communities and beyond. Our health network serves patients, residents and clients across the full spectrum of care, spanning primary care, secondary community care, tertiary and quaternary care services to post-acute through rehabilitation, palliative care and long-term care, while investing in world-class research and education. For more information, visit www.unityhealth.to.