A popular game played by many Facebook users started a life-changing chain of events that will allow for a Georgia couple to give an organ to a complete stranger.
While playing Farmville on Facebook, Lisa Miller of Gainesville met a young woman who was in desperate need of a kidney. The 29-year-old Idaho woman's kidneys are failing, and Miller decided to make it her mission to find her an organ donor.
But Miller didn't have to look far. Her husband, Chris, was a perfect match, and he was more than willing to make the sacrifice. The Millers traveled to Washington, where the woman—whose first name is Tiffany—receives treatment. There, they met her face-to-face for the first time.
"The emotions were overwhelming," said Lisa Miller. "I mean, to finally meet her in person."
"Now we're a part of her, and she's a part of us," Chris Miller told FOX 5. "That bond we have now is pretty intense."
Tiffany's surgery is set for January. The Millers have started a fund to help with their costs to travel to Washington, and to help Tiffany during her recovery.
Sunday, May 19 2013 2:00 PM EDT2013-05-19 18:00:39 GMT
President Barack Obama addressed a crowd of soggy graduates and guests at Morehouse College's spring commencement ceremony on Sunday.
President Barack Obama addressed a crowd of soggy graduates and guests at Morehouse College's spring commencement ceremony on Sunday, telling graduates to take the power of their example-- as black men graduating from college-- and use it to improve people's lives.
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President Barack Obama addressed graduates at Morehouse College's commencement ceremony in Atlanta on Sunday.
President Barack Obama addressed graduates at Morehouse College's commencement ceremony in Atlanta on Sunday, marking the first time a sitting president has made a commencement address in Georgia since 1938. See photos from his visit to Atlanta here!
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They say you can't win if you don't play, and thousands of people are. The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing is an estimated $600 million, giving many a bad case of lottery fever.
They say you can't win if you don't play, and thousands of people are. The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing is an estimated $600 million, giving many a bad case of lottery fever.
Through Facebook, Chris Miller and his wife Lisa met an Idaho woman named Tiffany-- seen here-- who is in desperate need of a kidney transplant.
