1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind podcast. This is the 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: Eighty four year old hero honored for selfless decision to 7 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: give kidney to his son in law read met michaela 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: Godonni read by Julie promost An. 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 3: Eighty four year old Organ Donner. 10 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: Just made the decision to give up a kidney for 11 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 2: his son in law. The man Graham's syson wrote a 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 2: hospital record and his son in law didn't expect to 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: receive such a gift. I was shell shocked by Graham's decision, 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: said the son in law, Ian tonks total disbelief. He 15 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: was so confident about wanting to do it. There is 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 2: truly no gift in the world that matches what he did. 17 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: Graham is the oldest male at Manchester Royal and for 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 2: Marie Hospital to ever donate a kidney. Ian had already 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 2: received a transplant over ten years ago, but his health 20 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 2: had declined, questing another transplant, He's been on dialysis in 21 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen. Ian had to put his life nearly on hold. 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: He had little time for enjoyment, like doing his hobbies. 23 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 2: Many of his friends and family stepped up to give 24 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: a kidney, but none of them matched. One friend even 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 2: found out that he needed emergency heart surgery during the 26 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 2: testing process. Ian says that was a blessing in disguise. 27 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: Ian and others never thought Graham would qualify given his age, 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: but he proved them wrong. After months of vigorous tests, 29 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: I could see how incredibly ill he was, and I 30 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 2: wanted to help him get his life back. 31 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 3: Graham said. 32 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: By this point he was still ill that if the 33 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: operation had been delayed, he may have run out of 34 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 2: time on the data surgery. Both men felt calm because 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 2: of my age. I was more concerned about post surgery, 36 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 2: Graham said, but having met the staff at the hospital, 37 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 2: I was completely confident about the procedure. Ian says, it 38 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 2: still feels incredible just to go to the toilet normally 39 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: and not to be tied to a machine. Even the 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: little things on life are massive now, like my bedroom 41 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: being a bedroom and not having a dialysis machine dominating it. 42 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,279 Speaker 2: Thanks to Graham, he now lives a much more normal 43 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 2: life without Graham, I would have died within a matter 44 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 2: of months, he said. To be that age and do 45 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: what he has done is incredible. Graham does enjoy all 46 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 2: the praise and attention. He's just glad Ian is okay. 47 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 2: It's amazing that Graham's still able to donate his kidney 48 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 2: despite his age. This raises awareness of the need for 49 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 2: kidney donors. Graham shows that kidney health is not always 50 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: affected by age, and many elderly people are not as 51 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: limited as some would think. If you're interested in being 52 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,679 Speaker 2: a match for someone like Ian or no somebody who 53 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: needs a kidney, you can check out the National Kidney Registry. 54 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: When a church leader collapsed, the nine year old's brave 55 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: response made all the difference. Written by Heather Rigelmann, read 56 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: by Jolie Probost. When a church lead collapsed, this nine 57 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: year old's brave response made all the difference and saved alife. 58 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: There are moments that make you stop and whisper God, 59 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 2: You're so near. And in Martin, Michigan, that moment came 60 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 2: through a nine year old boy named Logan Badgermert. 61 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 3: It happened quietly, not on a stage. 62 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 2: Or under bright lights, but in the middle of an 63 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: ordinary day at church in nearby Richland. Logan was just 64 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: a fourth grader, the kind of kid who probably still 65 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: had grass stains on his jeans and a heart wide 66 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 2: open to the world. And yet when his church supervisor, 67 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 2: Tom suddenly went into cardiac arrest, everything changed. In an 68 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: instant where others may have frozen, Logan stepped forward. She 69 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 2: remembered what he had seen just the day before, a 70 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: CPR video, and with courage far bigger than the small frame, 71 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: he began chess compressions. 72 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 3: He didn't wait, he didn't second guess, he just acted. 73 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: And later, when Logan tried to explain it, his words 74 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: were simple but holy in their own way. Whenever I 75 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 2: helped him is when the Holy Spirit talked to me. Oh, 76 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 2: let that sink in for a moment, the Holy Spirit 77 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: speaking to a fourth grader, guiding his hands, steadying his 78 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: hammering heart, and helping him save a life. Friends, heroes 79 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 2: don't always look the way we expect them to. Sometimes 80 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 2: they're not wearing uniforms or standing in the spotlight. Sometimes 81 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 2: I'm just like little ones kids sitting in a classroom, 82 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: learning and growing and quietly carrying courage. 83 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 3: They don't even fully understand. 84 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 2: Yet Logan was later celebrated at an assembly in Martin, 85 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 2: surrounded by classmates and teachers who clapped and cheered for 86 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 2: his accomplishments. And I can only imagine his mom, Jessica, 87 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 2: sitting there with tears in her eyes, her heart full 88 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: in a way only a mother understands, so prouded, almost 89 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: hurts gives. How do you even put into words the 90 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 2: moment your child steps into something so brave, so selfless, 91 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 2: so life changing. Sweet boy didn't just save a man's life, 92 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: he reminded all of us that God can use anyone 93 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: at any age, in any moment, even a fourth grader, 94 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 2: even your child, even you. What a blessing Logan is. 95 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 2: What a beautiful reminder that courage comes in all shapes 96 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 2: and sizes, and sometimes it sounds like a quiet whisper 97 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 2: from the Holy Spirit saying go help. Don't let anyone 98 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: look down on you because you're young, but set an 99 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 2: example for the believers. 100 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 3: One Timothy four twelve. 101 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Story Behind podcast. 102 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: We're really glad you joined us for this week's story. 103 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: To see photos and videos that may have been referenced 104 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: in this episode, check out the links and the show notes. 105 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: And if you enjoyed what you heard today, subscribe to 106 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: our podcast and please tell a friend about us. We'd 107 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: also love it if you'd rate us and leave us 108 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: a review. 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