New Bedford family's prayers for kidney donor answered

New Bedford family's prayers for kidney donor answered

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — When Amanda DaSilva first received news of her son's diagnosis, she never imagined that they would be graced with a miracle less than a year later. The pair first spoke to 12 News back in April. They described the nightmare of 19-year-old Michael Blechar-Melacon being diagnosed with stage five kidney failure, a disease that required him to go through eight to 11 hours of dialysis daily while he waited on kidney transp…