YOU ONLY NEED ONE

You Only Need One is a touching and humorous true story of a live kidneydonation between two first cousins, thirty-four years ago. Bobbie and hercousin David were the first cousin team to successfully participate in whatwas considered by the Johns Hopkins University Hospital and nationwidemedical community as an experimental yet tremendously exciting endeavor.Their dual surgeries opened up an entirely new avenue of potential kidneydonors. Prior to 1984, there were very few live transplants, and only betweensiblings or parents. ,During this season of their lives, Bobbie Callaway was the owner andprincipal of a successful private school in Acton, Massachusetts, a singlemother of four daughters, and a competitive golfer. Her cousin David wasvice president of a prestigious bank in Maryland, a divorced father, and aproficient sailor, struggling with life-threatening kidney failure. ,You will enjoy reading about their unusual relationship and individualspiritual growth as they maneuver their lives through months of extensivetesting and preparation, risky surgeries and recoveries, the power ofprayer, plus God&rsquo,s mini-miracles that insured His presence throughout theexperience. ,Today, there are more than 100,791 people in the United States who arewaiting for a kidney transplant! 17,107 kidney transplants were performedlast year in 2017, 11,570 were cadaver kidneys. Only 5,537 transplantswere live kidney donations, which have proven to be more successful andlong-lasting than those of unknown donors who have tragically passed away. , The diabetes epidemic in this country contributes to the growing need formedical (and spiritual) salvation for those in renal failure. Bobbie&rsquo,s heartfeltprayer is that others will be encouraged b