Chain results in 10 kidney swaps among strangers

MADALYN RUGGIERO/AP

Dr Michael Rees, 46, sits with Angela Heckman, 32, left, and her mother, Laurie Sarvo, 54, in a Toledo, Ohio, restaurant Tuesday March 10, 2009. Both women are in a successful chain of kidney transplants facilitated by Dr. Rees. Heckman received a kidney from a stranger in the chain, and then her mother donated a kidney to another stranger.