“She gave me a chance at a second life,” the man said of his wife while speaking to a local outlet

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Arizona firefighter Maddy Geer donated one of her kidneys to her husband, a fellow firefighter, after a rare kidney disease left him in stage 5 kidney failure

“If I’m a match, it’s meant to be,” Geer recalled saying when she learned her husband would require a transplant

The couple underwent the surgery on July 16 and are hoping to return to active duty as soon as they can

An Arizona firefighter gave her husband — a fellow firefighter — one of her kidneys after he developed complications from a rare kidney disease.

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