Man Gives Father His Kidney, Gift of Life

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In 1975, Lucas Hansen was the first child in the world to be adopted by a woman with a kidney transplant. It was not an easy path for Mary and Mickey Hansen, of rural Buffalo, MN. The adoption agency they worked with put many roadblocks in their way, at one point telling the couple that they could not adopt due to Mary’s health risks.

After some convincing arguments from Mary’s doctors, and official intervention by then Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, on December 21, 1974, the same agency that had previously told them they couldn’t adopt told the couple they had a baby boy coming from Korea.

Things were great, until time took its toll on Mary's kidneys. Finally, when he was just 8 years old, Luke’s mom passed away, leaving Mickey to raise him on his own.

Fast-forward 28 years.

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