{"id":5588,"date":"2012-12-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2012\/12\/23\/a-sons-gift-to-his-mother-a-kidney-donation\/"},"modified":"2012-12-23T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T05:00:00","slug":"a-sons-gift-to-his-mother-a-kidney-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2012\/12\/23\/a-sons-gift-to-his-mother-a-kidney-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"A son&#8217;s gift to his mother &#8211; a kidney donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5587\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/fb5c27012bf7bd2b528a5fe03304bd91.jpg\" alt=\"- Image Credit: John Russell\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Noah Harrison donated a kidney to his mother, Erica Johnson\" width=\"519\" height=\"426\" \/>\n<p>Noah Harrison, 19, has always made all of his gifts to his mother by hand.\u00a0 Every birthday, every Christmas, and every holiday.\u00a0 This year his gift was the gift of life.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Noah&#8217;s mother, Erica Johnson was diagnosed with kidney failure.\u00a0 She has suffered from years of chronic high blood pressure.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pretty sure this year\u2019s gift will top them all,\u201d Noah stated. \u201cAnd what makes it even more special is that she didn\u2019t even ask me. It\u2019s something I really wanted to give her. Anything I can do to help my mom. She really needs this transplant. I want to be there for her like she has been for me all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a very humbling experience for me,\u201d Erica emotionally stated. \u201cAs a mom, we are supposed to take care of our children and look after them. Here they are, helping me. 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