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Daughter says mom 'gave me life twice' with kidney donation as pair graduate nursing school

Ambrealle Brown and her mother Nija Butler graduated together from nursing school in Baton Rouge after Butler donated a kidney to Brown in 2023.
Brown endured a rare kidney disease diagnosed in 2016 that forced her to undergo dialysis and await a transplant amid typically long U.S. Wait times.
Despite doctors doubting Butler was a match, she tested herself, leading to Louisiana's first robotic kidney transplant surgery performed on both in March 2023.
Brown said, "Thank you for giving me life twice" and noted nursing school was hard, while Butler expressed, "And I would do it again."
The pair hope their story encourages perseverance and awareness about medical testing, the donor process, and second chances after critical illness.

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