Maryland father enters 2026 with new perspective thanks to life-saving kidney donor

Maryland father enters 2026 with new perspective thanks to life-saving kidney donor

Click here for updates on this story ABERDEEN, Maryland (WJZ) — A Maryland man has a fresh new look on life and a holiday to be extra grateful for, thanks to an assist from a kidney donor. Instead of celebrating the holidays with his wife and children last year, Jeff Deckman was in the hospital, learning that his autoimmune kidney disease, IGA, had progressed, and he was in imminent need of a transplant. He found a donor after Robin Phelan respo…