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Superintendent Donates Kidney In Life-Saving Surgery For Essex Tech Teacher Superintendent Donates Kidney In Life-Saving Surgery For Essex Tech Teacher
Superintendent Donates Kidney In Life-Saving Surgery For Essex Tech Teacher After an Essex Tech masonry teacher learned that his life depended on getting a kidney transplant, nearly 100 people signed up to be screened as potential donors, but the perfect fit was a surprising one - the teacher's superintendent.  David Collins, who has taught at Essex Tech and its predecessor, North Shore Tech, since 2000, was diagnosed with a degenerative condition called IgA nephropathy around the time he started teaching there.  The condition was slowed with drugs, but after the drugs were no longer effective Collins was forced to undergo dialysis in North Andover three …

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Massachusetts Firefighter 'Who Is Not Done With Life' Needs New Kidney Massachusetts Firefighter 'Who Is Not Done With Life' Needs New Kidney
Massachusetts Firefighter 'Who Is Not Done With Life' Needs New Kidney A Sherborn firefighter is in need of a new kidney so he can keep giving back to his community "in a life-affirming way."  Sam Gutwill was born with cystic fibrosis and has been in and out of the hospital for 12 years, according to a GoFundMe organized on his behalf.  He received a "life-changing" liver transplant in 2017 that allowed him to become an EMT and a firefighter, but while Sam was completing his training his kidneys failed.  This eventually resulted in Sam being hospitalized with Stage 5 Kidney failure last week, his aunt Laura Wise said on the GoFundMe  SHERBORN FIREFIGHTE…

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by David Cifarelli