ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - A 32-year-old Missouri man has a new lease on life, thanks to a stranger who donated his kidney after seeing a desperate Facebook post.

Tim Heatherly, 32, went to the doctor’s office four years ago, where his simple back pain led to a devastating diagnosis.

“After the biopsy, they found out that it was chronic kidney disease, which is something that’s kind of irreversible,” Heatherly said.

Heatherly’s kidneys were failing, so dialysis became his lifeline: four hours a day, three days a week tethered to a machine that kept him alive but stole his freedom. His career in the car business vanished. His daily routine disappeared.

“With dialysis, it’s not just that one day that’s disrupted because when you finish, you’re very tired, and then, the next day, you sleep all da

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