CARRYING A LEGACY: Jeff Walson, a retired circuit judge from Clark County, received a life-saving kidney transplant from his son nearly two years ago. The story carries a remarkable connection to National Donate Life Month and to Kentucky's organ donation history. A few days before Christmas 2023, doctors at the Mayo Clinic told Walson he had about a year to live without a new kidney. "Unless you get a transplant, unless you get a new kidney, and that meant I might not see next Christmas, that this one is going to be my last Christmas," Walson said. Watch the full report on LEX18.com. #DonateLife #OrganDonation #LEX18 #KentuckyNews