Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter donated a kidney to freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan, who suffers from a disease that can lead to kidney failure. Dr. Kenneth Newell, lead the surgeon team at Emory University Hospital, says that he expects both Tom Walter and Kevin Jordan to make full recoveries. The doctors say that the time for both the 42-year-old coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team, Tom Walter and freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan will be at least several months. Jordan became aware of his condition last year as a high school senior when he caught a long lasting flu. He ended up losing 20 pounds and had to go to the hospital, who then told him that his kidney was functioning at only 15 to 20%. This kidney transplant will in fact save Jordan's life, and keep him healthy in the long run.I have tremendous respect for coach Tom Walter, what he did saved a persons life. It shocked me to know that he gave up a kidney for a kid completely unrelated to him, who was not a senior playing for his team for a couple of years, but was actually a freshmen. This takes a lot of kindness. There is a huge risk to giving up a kidney at his age. Overall I think that what he did was amazing and I'm not sure that I would be able to do it, but saved a life in doing so.
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