Long Island brain tumor survivor donating kidney to co-worker's husband

293 views · Published 29 November 2018 · 2:05 · Indexed 14 October 2026

Channel: Eyewitness News ABC7NY · 2018 · News & Politics

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For the past 20 years, Kristine Gawlowski, of Shirley, has been battling benign brain tumors. She's undergone seven reconstructive surgeries, and at one point, she had brain swelling and had to be fed through a feeding tube for 11 months.

"I often told my mom that there has to be a reason that God kept me alive, that I've survived that I'm still here," the mother of four said. "There has to be a purpose."

Gawlowski may have found her reason.

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