# @lex18news on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DX4XwvGkZs4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65426998-lex18news-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-03T15:02:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rosemary Kelley (@rosemarypkelley) — https://gondola.cc/rosemarypkelley

## Caption

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

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