<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Acia Williams gave her former boss, Chet Bennett, a kidney, and in return he gave her a s</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">alon.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to WJLA,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two have been friends for about 20 years. The kidney donor managed the hair salon for the last eight years for the kidney recipient, who was on dialysis for a year, and in need of a kidney</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I&#8217;d been on dialysis for a little over a year,&#8221; said Bennett when he sought a kidney donor.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Williams also stated that God told her to give the gift of life to her now former boss, once she found out that she was a match.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monday (Feb 11th), the shop had a grand re-opening in D.C. that celebrated Acia, as the new owner.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;This is thank you. I can&#8217;t begin to thank you enough for you giving me life, but we can start with you making your dream a reality by having your own salon.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chet Bennett owns several salons and also a hair school.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since the April 2019, the two have recovered well.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 10 percent of American adults – about </span><b>20 million people</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> — have chronic kidney disease. Dr. Poggio says 600,000 are on dialysis and 100,000 are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Yet only </span><b>16,000</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> transplants are done each year.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, a 1999 Landmark study determined that the long-term mortality rate of transplant recipients was 48 to 82 percent lower than for those on dialysis, according to Cleveland Clinic.</span></p>
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