Surgeons Remove Healthy Kidney through Donor's Vagina


	Surgeons Remove Healthy Kidney through Donor's Vagina

jiminyjangles

2-3-2009 4:44 PM

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2-3-2009 5:08 PM

chara

hi jiminyjangles
thanxf or the clip, i have a close friend waiting for his second kidney replacement after 19 years. things change & even improve. chara

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