AURORA, Colo. — Doctors at UCHealth say there are hundreds of thousands of patients in the country who are candidates for kidney transplants, and if they went through with surgery, it could essentially double their predicted lifespan.

“When people come forward and, you know, want to be a living donor, you're providing a significant benefit to another individual. You're changing their life,” said Trevor Nydam, the chief of transplantation at University of Colorado Hospital and CU Medical School.

And five years ago, one man did just that. When it came time to change his mother-in-law’s life, Jason Elmore didn’t hesitate.

“In 2019, my mother-in-law basically told our family that she would be needing a kidney transplant sometime soon,” he explained. “And then I decided to test not thinking

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