Curtis Newbold literally got a second chance at life when his friend, doctor and Omega Psi Phi fraternity brother Dr. Delon Brennen, donated a kidney. Dr. Brennen, who is currently the chief medical officer at the Ministry of Health, stepped up to the plate when Curtis was diagnosed with renal kidney failure in 2008 and was in need of a transplant.
The decision to give a kidney was an easy one for Dr Brennen, who believes if roles were changed Curtis would have done the same. After all, they were more than just fraternity brothers and Dr Brennen knew he had exactly what Curtis needed.
Prior to being diagnosed with kidney failure in 2008, Curtis had been hospitalized and was on dialysis. Sometime later, Curtis traveled to the Cleveland Clinic where doctors concluded he would need a donor or spend the rest of his life on dialysis. Three days out of every week, for four hours Curtis underwent dialysis treatment. He was determined not to let the condition beat him.
“My mindset was I was not going to allow this to defeat me. The support I had from family and friends was what helped greatly along the way. At the end of the day they would not allow me to be around moping and pitiful,” Curtis told Tribune Health.
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source: BlackDoctor.org
