Honoring one life by saving another with an organ transplant

Honoring one life by saving another with an organ transplant

LAKE LILLIAN — When Kris Kaiser took a seat near Russel Blad at the Horseshoe Bar in Lake Lillian around Christmas 2024, she knew he was going through serious health challenges. Diagnosed with end-stage renal disease over a decade prior, Blad was now on home-based dialysis treatments three times a day. Blad chatted to those around him, including Kaiser, about how he had been put on the transplant list for a kidney. The outcomes are always better…