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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2254698/A-world-British-banker-donates-TWO-vital-organs--lung-kidney--save-life-childhood-sweetheart.html

This article is about a 39 year-old man named David Whaymand who donated part of his lung and a kidney to his 42 year-old wife,Carolyn,to save her life. Carolyn was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and was told that the only chance for her to live was to receive a successful lung transplant. David was willing to do anything for her survival and donated part of his lung to her. Carolyn lived without any serious health issues for 13 more years, and after doctors told her that she needed a kidney to survive David gave her that too. David says that he is prepared to donate to her again if he needs to (he does have limits- the only thing he has left to give her as a live donor is his liver). He says that he loves  her and is willing to do anything for her to live, and Carolyn is very gracious for what he has done for her.  

People will risk death in the name of love, as shown through David's donations to Carolyn.  For example, when the writer explains the risk that David took to give Carolyn part of his lung he writes, "The pioneering surgery, carried out by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, one of the world's leading  transplant surgeons, was hugely controversial because so many patients had died during previous procedures" (Macfarlane). This shows that people will risk death in the name of love because David knew that he or Carolyn could die if the procedure did not work, but he risked his life to save Carolyn with the hope that they would be able to live the rest of their lives with each other. He wanted Carolyn to be able to live a healthy and happy life because he loves her so much, and was willing to risk death because of this love. Also, when the author writes about the kidney transplant that David gave Carolyn he explains, "Doctors and transplant experts say there are no known cases in which a living donor has given up two organs. This is due to the serious risks of such surgery" (Macfarlane). This proves that people will risk death in the name of love because this time David had an even higher risk of death because it was his second time donating to his wife, but he did it anyway because he loves Carolyn so much that he would die for her to live through her disease. David and Carolyn's story shows that people are willing to die for love.