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Article: 'You gave me a new life' St. Charles gymnastics coach receives kidney donation from her co-worker.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2004
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Byline: Patrick Waldron Daily Herald Staff Writer
Margaret Koczwara's kidney problems didn't sneak up on her. To some degree, she has been dealing with troubles since she was a teenage gymnast in Poland 15 years ago.
But to Koczwara, 31, now a Geneva resident and coach at the St. Charles Gymnastics Club, the prospect of kidney failure and perhaps a transplant remained only a distant possibility through most of her adult life.
"My kidneys were stable for such a long time," she said.
By contrast, for his 30 years, Shawn Bowlden, also a St. Charles Gymnastics Club coach, had been healthy and his only thoughts about organ transplantation ...